Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...being made by imported cars, which now account for 21% of all new autos sold in the American market. In May foreign car sales surged to 220,000 units, the highest monthly level ever and a stunning 72% increase over the same period last year. By contrast, domestic car sales last month rose 5.1% over the previous May, to 833,393-about 40,000 less than some industry experts had predicted...
...grievances--those of recent origin as well as the long-standing complaints--have not received nearly as much publicity as Afro has traditionally attracted throughout its eight-year history, the persistence of the charges hurled by many concentrators (and seconded by some junior Afro faculty members) furnishes a sharp contrast to the apparently untroubled facade of the Dunster St. building...
Another recent upsetting development is the rise of the super-stadia, of which Houston's Astrodome was the forerunner. In contrast to the old, idiosyncratic parks like Wrigley Field in Chicago, and Fenway Park in Boston, these new futuristic monstrosities are sickeningly bland in conception, and utterly miserable places to watch baseball. One of the worst is Anaheim Stadium in Southern California, which I had the misfortune of visiting last summer. The game was a beauty; Frank Tanana of the Angels and Catfish Hunter of the Yankees locked in an extra-inning duel. But as is the fashion...
...borrowing country and makes a decision about what the country's lending limit should be." Moreover, bankers point out, most of their loans are concentrated among richer and more productive LDCS where the risk of default presumably is lowest -such countries as Brazil, Mexico and South Korea. By contrast, countries like Pakistan, Peru and Ghana get little commercial-bank credit. Finally, bankers argue, a substantial cut in foreign loans now could lead to social and political disruption in some LDCs and bring on the very defaults that critics fear...
...mistakes commanders made in the past, as an intellectual exercise." Colin Camerer has a more direct interest in combat, since he lists as his main concerns "business and power." He adds: "Someone's going to be making decisions, and frankly I want to be there." Eugene Stark, by contrast, has a more modest policy: "I try to appear as normal as possible. If you go around broadcasting that you're a weirdo, then people look at you like you're a weirdo...