Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recalls 1960s-era Harvard Square as a place bustling with activism. By contrast, he remembers only one protest in recent memory...
...stark contrast, the Terriers were thoroughly outplayed in the offensive end, taking only five shots to Creighton's 18, and giving up 13 corner kicks while taking only...
Fortunately, President Clinton is expected to veto the bill this week. Clinton is calling for a smaller income tax cut and some increased domestic spending on widely popular social programs. There is a deep hypocrisy in Republican outcries against Clinton's budget plans, which they claim are extravagant, in contrast with their own willingness to approve an irresponsible trillion dollar...
...Rowling's indebtedness to classical fantasy literature should not overshadow the liberties she takes with the form. Most notably, her wizard world is not at all remote from daily realities. It takes a cyclone to transport Dorothy to Oz. In contrast, Harry can walk a few steps through a London pub near Charing Cross Road and enter Diagon Alley, a wizard shopping bazaar, where he and his classmates meet late each summer to buy school supplies. And getting from there to Hogwarts is a snap; Harry and his friends go to King's Cross Station and board the Hogwarts Express...
...even in Colorado, New York native Barbara L. Connors '69 says she was surprised by the contrast in perception of the Harvard moniker...