Word: starkness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stark contrast to his unflattering portrayal of Weld, Kerry discussed his commitment to issues important to the working class, citing his support of the minimum wage bill and Pell grants for students...
Anti-Israel bias in Western coverage of the Middle East has a long, ignoble history. Rarely, however, does it take so stark a form as a reported desecration that is totally false and real desecrations that are barely reported...
...team appearance today is stark contrast to the team that took the field for the National Championship. In that game, the quarter-back which threw the winning touchdown was listed as 150 Ibs., today our QB, senior Jay Snowden, weighs in at 200 Ibs., while the team captain, tackle Sean Riley, tips the scales at 285 Ibs. It is quite a different game...
...friends and collaborators but stripped down his production technique. The line-up includes Marina Tooley Bird, whose girlish, soulful vocals gave Maxinquaye so much musical depth, as well as Terry Hall, Alison Moyet, Neneh Cherry and Ice-landic cyber-nymph Bjork. The new album is a striking departure, layering stark, multifarious vocals over dark, spare musical lines. The result is a complex and often beautiful exploration of love, obsession and the subdued violence lurking beneath our deepest and most sincere affections...
...most cheerful of musicians. One of the album's best tracks, the somber and deeply funky love ballad "Poems" won't necessarily put the listener in the mood: This is the kind of make-out music designed to depress Peter Murphy fans. But Nearly God's ambition, the stark beauty of its musical landscapes and its willingness to explore the complex motives behind what we call love are just compensation. The album is a brilliant antidote to the makeshift angst of Jewel and Alannis...