Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...However, the group's work also shines in the acoustic gem "The Battle for Evermore," showcasing the more folksy influence that would pervade later albums, and the downright languid blues-shuffle of "Since I've Been Loving You" is a welcome contrast to thrashing guitars, even if this foray into straight blues is a little uneven. All the tracks here could reasonably be considered necessary inclusions, although, as is inevitable, there are some notable omissions. The band's folk-based yearnings, so prominent on III, are almost ignored throughout. In general, their second and third albums are much more scarcely...
...Undergraduate Council president in 1998, Beth Stewart '00, was elected on a platform calling for change in campus life, a contrast from the activist council that preceded her reign. She successfully campaigned for cable television in House common rooms. While she was president, the council instituted the Fly-By lunch convenience in Loker and made progress with universal keycard access. Another major effort instituted by the College during Stewart's reign was the establishment of a $25,000 fund for student organizations, giving the 250-plus groups at Harvard a much-needed financial boost. Being president of course, wasn...
...Harvard instructor of my acquaintance tells a good anecdote about the contrast between the American and the European educational philosophies. One year he noticed that a high school student in the summer school electronics course he was teaching was doing poorly, and he and the teaching fellow were discussing why this might be. Perhaps, they suggested, he was not really interested in the material and was attending summer school only because his parents had made him. Perhaps he was having trouble adapting to being so far from home. That year the co-instructor for the course happened...
...contrast, Bradley came out against the U.S. interfering in world politics unilaterally...
...were born--out of wedlock. That's triple the figure for premarital conceptions and five times that for premarital births since the early 1930s. The Census study found that only 23% of today's young pregnant women decided to marry before the birth of their first child, in contrast to 54% 60 years...