Word: contrast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...climate change that will result from CO2 emissions, but no respectable scientist denies that if humanity keeps pouring gases into the atmosphere, the earth will heat up. The U.S. has spent several trillion dollars over the past 40 years buying insurance against a Soviet nuclear attack. Global warming, by contrast, is not just a risk but a certainty. It would be a shame if quibbling and ambivalence on the part of some Bush aides were to play into the hands of those who are looking for an excuse to do nothing...
...that, while not intended to kill Noriega or another foreign leader, might wind up doing just that. At the same time, Bush last week assured the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that he would give it "timely notice" of covert actions, at least within a matter of days (in contrast to the ten months that Ronald Reagan once took...
...contrast, the Crimson, a quicker and better-disciplined squad, will attempt to play a conservative possession game...
...report issued last week, the Census Bureau found that the gap between rich and poor is widening. On the basis of a survey of 58,000 households, the bureau estimated that the poorest one-fifth of U.S. families received 4.6% of total income -- the lowest percentage since 1954. By contrast, the wealthiest one-fifth of families accounted for 44% of the income -- the highest share ever recorded...
Many companies are still trying to figure out how to use effectively the computers they bought during the go-go era of a few years ago. The head of Eastman Kodak's computer operations, Katherine Hudson, says her computer budget barely grew at all this year, in contrast to an increase of more than 15% last year. Rather than buy new hardware, she is "looking for ways to make past investments pay off first...