Word: starkness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.), the front runner in many polls, declined an invitation to attend the forum, which was sponsored by the John Stark Foundation, conservative commentator Patrick J. Buchanan, former Tennessee gov. Lamar Alexander and multimillionaire publisher Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. declined to participate in the event...
...1920s. According to the exhibition text, Hopper declared, "After I took up etching, my painting seemed to crystallize." And his etchings make perfect sense within the development of his work: by using the whitest paper and darkest ink available, he achieves a high contrast which evokes the stark, lonely quality of his paintings. The subject matter and mood anticipate those of his more renowned work: American streets and window scenes in which the human figures seem merely part of the still and vastly solitary environment...
...ratio has escalated radically in recent years. In a sample of 292 FORTUNE 500 companies, the ratio was 143 to 1 in 1992 and is now approaching 185 to 1. Says Tower Perrin's Davis: "The gap is growing. There is absolutely no question that you are seeing stark differences...
Winning is something that the Crimson have been doing a lot of lately, a stark contrast to last years 4-20 squad...
...that if their concerns are not addressed, they "could withdraw in large numbers." Robert Corker, the Tennessee commissioner of finance, insists that the state is still working on making TennCare more responsive to providers. But if federal money is cut next year, the state may be faced with the stark choice of slashing rates still further or dropping coverage for thousands of residents...