Word: contrasts
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...store, worked just fine and none of the songs were copy protected. And I definitely did not miss having to sync my phone with a computer to transfer applications, download songs or update my operating system - something you often wind up doing with the iPhone. The G1, in contrast, is its own self-contained mobile device...
...volcanoes and several distinctive urban centers. The Indonesian island cherishes its deep cultural roots, with traditions interwoven into daily life, not manufactured for some cheesy ethnic show at a beach resort. But because of these bountiful customs, Bali teems with taboos that can trip up even veteran expatriates. By contrast, Phuket's real estate market is simpler to negotiate with several top international property agencies open for business. Buying a condominium is so straightforward that an increasing number of people - particularly from Hong Kong, Singapore and the Middle East - are purchasing for investment purposes. Yet all that ease, along with...
...contrast, Harvard’s current up-and-coming star, a skinny 6 foot 4 inch freshman called Dallas R. Simons, is calibrated to deflect such self-aggrandizing talk. The former captain of a Martin Luther King High School team that finished second in the nation his junior year, the soft-spoken Nashville native consistently ducks self-promotion...
...education is complacency. Fortunately, The Equity Project makes a strong stand for challenging accepted methods of pedagogy and developing innovative ways to teach some of America’s most at-risk students. In addition, The Equity Project presents a model for higher, more effectively structured teacher salaries. In contrast to the appallingly low pay offered at most schools across the country, The Equity Project’s substantial salaries will attract better candidates to the teaching profession, allowing it to acquire the prestige it deserves. The Equity Project also makes use of performance-based bonuses, which represent an essential...
...alleged area of expertise, McCain has difficulty explaining himself. His waffling about whether to cross the border into Pakistan for targeted strikes against al-Qaeda leaders was both foolish and incomprehensible: if the Pakistanis are our allies, as he insisted, why are they protecting the terrorists? Obama, by contrast, answered with simple declarative sentences: "We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al-Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national-security priority...