Word: counterpoint
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...DIED. SHANA ALEXANDER, 79, witty, trailblazing journalist and author; in Hermosa Beach, California. The first female staff writer at Life, Alexander, a liberal, became a household name for her verbal sparring with conservative James Kilpatrick on Point-Counterpoint, a segment on TV's 60 Minutes in the 1970s that was often parodied on Saturday Night Live, with Dan Aykroyd's snarly retort to Jane Curtin, "Jane, you ignorant slut...
...With a simple counterpoint you can introduce at least the idea that things aren’t exactly according to the numbers,” Beren says. “I think Ec 10 does...
...With a simple counterpoint you can introduce at least the idea that things aren’t exactly according to the numbers,” Beren says. “I think Ec 10 does...
...namely the Cellar and the Fogg Museum, where most of the story’s main characters work—are strikingly and realistically represented in Stevens’ pen-and-ink crosshatchings. And the characters who pass through these places do behave dumbly, providing a stark narrative counterpoint to the dramatic black and white imagery...
Berger proves the consummate ingénue in her role as Miriam. She appears perfectly guileless and radiates compassion with each luminescent smile. Her naïveté offers stark counterpoint to Turner’s world-weariness. After she and Turner are discovered she remarks absently, “nothing is likely to come of it.” Turner feebly assents, but hangs his head in defeat...