Word: contrasts
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...black silicon had phenomenal light absorption sensitivity in both the visible and infrared regions, according to Mazur. By contrast, normal silicon does not readily absorb infrared light...
...contrast, McCain is a recent convert to federal support for embryonic stem cell research: despite opposing federal funding when the issue first came up in Congress several years ago, he now supports funding the controversial research and has voted for recent legislation to increase such support...
...change in strategy as it is of voter unease with the GOP. In a recent debate at the University of Mississippi, Childers agreed with Davis on just about every policy issue, from drilling in Alaska (for it) to the recent Wall Street bailout (against it); the only real contrast was that Childers is a proud country boy, a real estate agent from rural Booneville, while Davis is a more stilted suburbanite, the mayor of the bedroom community of Southaven. By recruiting candidates who depart from party orthodoxy but are more in line with conservative districts, Pelosi's team has expanded...
...survey of 2,406 Americans between the ages of 18 and 24, nearly seven in 10 respondents said that political engagement is an effective solution to the nation’s problems. By contrast, IOP polling in the fall of 2006 found that 60 percent believed in politics as a way of problem-solving...
...about 100 years because as soon as a crisis like this happens, they immediately think to do something political to respond.” These days, capitalism is here “on sufferance as long as it delivers the goods”—a stark contrast to previous eras in which notions of property rights were paramount...