Word: contrasts
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...transformation did not go unnoticed by the student body. In the fall of 1982, more than 200 students competed for 89 UC seats. In contrast, during the Student Assembly’s final semester the previous spring, only a little over half of the assembly’s 90 seats were filled. Attendance was so low at the organization’s last meeting in April that attendees did not meet the quorum necessary for the government to disband itself...
...contrast, undergraduates today have been able to play a considerably more active role first in influencing the Core and more recently in creating the new General Education curriculum by serving on committees that hold authority over the composition of the curriculum—suggesting the long-term presence of a student voice in discussions of this nature...
...Sunnis, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, do not follow a hereditary system of selecting leadership. By contrast, Shias trace a direct line from Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter, and her husband Ali to a spiritual leader, or imam, with the power to interpret the faith...
...antiwar movement and who later voted against Ronald Reagan. These people opposed the Vietnam War but didn't hate their country. They were horrified by violence and sincerely wanted the war to end. They believed in democracy, even when dismayed by the result. The slogan of the Underground, by contrast, was "Bring the war home." For strategic and psychological reasons, the Underground wanted the Vietnam War to go on. They wanted the killing and dying to continue and spread, along with anarchy, dope and free...
...even harder and has slowed the efforts to scale McCain's lean, insurgent campaign to the size he and his party will need to win in the fall. Back in 2004, Bush built a massive top-down hierarchy that brought a corporate efficiency to politics. The McCain model, by contrast, has been designed to reflect McCain's insurgent personality. While the Bush campaign channeled all decision-making through its northern Virginia headquarters, the McCain campaign has established a decentralized network of 11 "regional campaign managers," who will separately direct much of the campaign in their parts of the country...