Word: contrasts
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...contrast to the unsympathetic environment of her new home, she said, the “world of stories was a welcoming place...
...engaging, in-depth examination of color in the animal world that looks at both its purpose and uses. Upon entering the exhibit, the first thing to catch the eye is a display box containing stuffed birds, where the electric, turquoise-shaded feathers of the Spangled Cotinga bird contrast with the Brazilian Tanager’s deep red feathers. To the right of these spectacular birds, mounted on the wall in a somewhat less flashy display box, are dozens of shells of Cuban land snails. The perfectly spaced rows and columns draw attention to the mesmerizing symmetry and subtle differences...
...eyes, the ears, to create a much more interesting medium that can convey powerful emotions to the audience.” Hung added that in many talks, presenters will just go from one PowerPoint slide to the next, reading the text off the screen in a monotonous voice. By contrast, he said, embedding movies or using one as a trailer can get the audience interested in the topic and help them understand the message. Similarly, Kuriyama said that in academic writing, being dull is often accepted—better to be interesting, for sure, but perfectly acceptable to be dull...
...Brown. At the San Diego Crew Classic—the regatta that kicked off the 2008 spring season—the heavyweight eight defeated strong Western crews from California and Stanford en route to a third-place finish. The optimistic start and consistent dual racing performances only sharpen the contrast between the beginning and end of the season for the Crimson.“We had quite a good start [to the season],” heavyweight captain Teddy Schreck said. “We just didn’t come into the championship races with the type of momentum...
...Secretaries." Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson (along with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who presides over an immeasurably more potent Federal Reserve system than existed in 1929) has acted with vigor to bring the full powers of the Federal Government to bear in the current crisis. In dramatic contrast, when Herbert Hoover asked his Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, for advice on how to cope with the financial implosion of 1929, Mellon replied, "Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness out of the system." Echoes of that old-time sentiment can still...