Word: contrasts
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...course, there is more than a hint of irony in casting Harvard’s football team as the plucky wannabe facing a cunning and ruthless Yale squad when one considers that in reality the biggest difference between the two universities is geographical location, and even that contrast is far from stark...
...issues. Shift to Sudan and Burma, where the Genocide Intervention Network implements an on-the-ground program to protect civilians from attack in the midst of ongoing hostilities. Now fly back West and land in waiting rooms that double as playrooms, and a place where the ills of cancer contrast the elation of Disney paintings in the Jimmy Fund Clinic. We, as a student body, contributed to significant strides for each of these causes...
...reason why these smaller rural arenas were spared the downturn suffered by Acho. Another reason is the price. Staging the bullfights at Acho costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is why the price of seats even in the less expensive sunny side of the arena is $50. By contrast, a ticket to a town bullfight in Ayacucho, in the central highlands, runs around...
...sure that they and everyone around them were fine.The attacks lasted 60 hours, and, for the first two days, Mashruwala said, everyone was to stay inside. She said that even after the curfew was lifted and people were allowed to leave their homes, residents remained cautious—a contrast to previously indifferent attitudes to smaller-scale bombings. “Bombay is a city where whatever happens, you get back on your feet, ready to go,” she said, using the British name for the city. “Everyone was too scared to go anywhere...
...when we are going to have success.”Following a faceoff, the Eagles recovered the puck and Andrew Orpik struck for his second goal of the night at 16:19 in the third, sealing the 5-1 victory for BC.This scoring streak served as a marked contrast to the first period, when the Eagles’ strong offense put pressure on the usually stellar Harvard defense but failed to score. BC unleashed 15 first-frame shots compared with the Crimson’s four. Even under so much pressure, Hoyle only allowed one goal in the period...