Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...amoral world. This time, that world is not just New York (as in American Psycho) or Los Angeles (The Informers, Less Than Zero) but that of international celebrity, taking in the glitterati axis of New York-London-Paris which Woody Allen has visited recently, but more lightheartedly--in contrast, Ellis is cold, cold, cold...
Blood simple! The FDA last week okayed Lasette, a portable laser device that enables diabetics to draw blood easily, with little or no pain. Many patients test their blood-glucose levels every day--in some cases 10 times--by pricking their skin with a razor-sharp steel lancet. By contrast Lasette sends a beam of light that vaporizes skin and creates a tiny hole so quickly--30 millionths of a second--it's barely felt. Cost...
...this is not to say that the whole concert was filled with antics such as these. In "Desolation Row" and "Just Like A Woman," Dylan is unabashedly gentle. In particular, "Just Like A Woman" on Live 1966 is a striking contrast to the version on Blonde on Blonde. Indeed, the Blonde on Blonde version, highly criticized by feminists, sounds almost misogynistic. But that night the words "She takes just like a woman, yes she does! She makes love just like a woman, yes she does! And she aches just like a woman, yes she does! But she breaks just like...
...Lipman '00, who helped draw outlines and tape flyers last night, said the media attention given to Hester paled in contrast to Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was murdered in October...
...contrast, HMC brought about a 25.8 percent increase last year, and the year before, a 26 percent rise in the endowment...