Word: contrasts
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Fallows is coasting through the final days of the campaign now. Only a couple of major issues speeches remain, and the speechwriter is only a shadowy presence on the road, more quiet and less stern than most of the Carter staffers. His calm demeanor is a striking contrast to his unsettling memories of the past, of a turbulent war against a war that so forcefully shaped his world outlook. And his politics have mellowed similarly. He has shelved an impressive career in journalism to labor for a candidate whose prospective administration is--like any challenger's--full of question marks...
Campaign Gofers. As the debate showed, Dole and Mondale are a bright pair of second bananas-hard-working, tough, loyal, reasonably reconciled to their status as glorified campaign gofers. They make an interesting contrast-old colleagues and old opponents from the Senate, Dole to the right of Ford, Mondale to the left of Carter...
...contrast, Mondale runs a much more relaxed operation. Having abandoned his own fling for the presidency in 1974 because, as he frankly admitted, he lacked the "overwhelming desire" to fight for the office, he is at ease as Carter's lieutenant. Both men are from small-town backgrounds; both are populists with an instinctive aversion to power elites...
...both are dedicated to Communism -and there are wide differences within each main camp. In general, the moderates could just as well be called pragmatists; they tend to be more flexible than the radicals, more concerned with practical results than the way the results are achieved. The radicals, in contrast, believe with a religious zeal in the need for ideological purity. They think that China can be transformed only if its people are imbued with the Maoist doctrines of self-sacrifice...
Tufts has a comparatively experienced team. They are already into their fifth year of Ultimate Frisbee. In contrast, Harvard captain Larry Wiseman said, "We started out at the beginning of last year with three people with experience in Ultimate, and no concept of the qualities needed to be good." By last spring, the team had a solid nucleus and managed to win its last three games...