Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...stark contrast, Harvard Dems President Jarret A. Zafran ’09 said he thought that the night’s debate proved that “John McCain is on the wrong side of history...
...timing of the move was extraordinary and should be seen as a sign of relative confidence. It came, as Ulrich put it, in "stark contrast with major offshore markets - including the U.S., where regulators temporarily banned short-selling in recent weeks." And leverage - using borrowed money to buy or sell shares - is now viewed by politicians in the U.S. as the root of all financial evils. But the experiment in China is aimed at boosting sentiment in a stock market that has been crushed over the past year, for reasons only partly related to the global equity slump. Regulators...
...consists of a sparse hospital room, an empty space filled with a single park bench, and an apartment with a large couch and cozy furnishings, and is symbolic of the two worlds that Callie and Sara are torn between. The comfortable, safe feeling of the apartment is a stark contrast to the bare, unknown hospital space. Separating the two is the park bench where Callie and Sara share their “stop kiss.” Throughout the play, the bench remains as a constant reminder of the gap between where the characters are and where their emotions...
...Obama campaign, by contrast, continues to invest heavily in positive issue-oriented advertising, including spots that describe Obama's economic and health-care plans. At the same time, Obama has been hitting McCain on the stump, charging that his campaign is running away from the real issues to launch "Swift-boat style" smears. In one recent advertisement, the Obama campaign quotes an editorial saying McCain has shown "erratic" leadership over the past two weeks...
...system would not only bankrupt the United States, but would also make the entire nation less safe. Instead, the United States should continue its current policy of engagement with Beijing – but this does not mean that it needs to appease China on every issue of importance.In contrast to the predictions of the Wolfowitz clique, East Asia has actually become one of the more politically stable regions of the world. The past three decades have seen the United States and China move closer and closer to consensus on a variety of major international issues, including the fight against...