Word: contrasts
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...other words, Queen’s alums now feel cheated of the opportunity to reconnect with their undergraduate experiences and with university friends. At Harvard, by contrast, we seem so attached to the act of binge drinking that every new tailgate regulation strikes us as a human rights violation. Surely we’re missing the point...
...other words, small wind may not be small potatoes for much longer. And that could be a boost for domestic green businesses as well: U.S. firms control 98% of the small-wind market, in contrast to large-scale wind and solar, in which foreign manufacturers dominate. "Since the tax credit, our phone has been ringing off the hook," says Andy Kruse, a co-founder of Southwest Windpower, a major small-scale-turbine producer in Flagstaff, Ariz. "It's really exciting to see the market coming...
Half of the new quartet of requirements may use some of the same material from 10a and 10b, according to one English professor who preferred not to be named. The courses could be smaller, a contrast to the impersonal lecture halls that have become familiar to concentrators...
...things have begun to slip for the Crimson.“We’re not a dominant team,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said following the Penn game. “We’re a team that finds a way to win.” Contrast Harvard’s pattern with Yale’s steady improvement since its disappointing Ivy opener, a 17-14 loss to Cornell. The Bulldogs enter Cambridge on the heels of their two best victories of the year, a surprise 13-3 win over previously league-leading Brown...
...they could be on the brink of becoming partners in that endeavor is the most remarkable evidence yet that Obama is serious about his declared intention to follow another Illinois President's model in assembling a "team of rivals" to run his government, in what could be a sharp contrast with the past 40 years of American Presidents. "I've been spending a lot of time reading Lincoln," Obama told Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes. "There is a wisdom there and a humility about his approach to government, even before he was President, that I just find very helpful...