Word: contrast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three books, Bryson examined the contrast between visual narrative and image in 18th century French painting, addressed the issue of influences on artists and applied semotics to painting. A book on still-life painting will be published by the Harvard University Press in the spring, Bryson said...
...cancer, the tumor has penetrated the bowel wall but has not spread to the rest of the body. The results of the first study, which appeared in this month's Journal of Clinical Oncology, showed that 49% of patients receiving the treatment were still alive after five years, in contrast to 37% of another group that did not receive the drugs. In a second and much larger study, which has yet to be published, the benefit from the drug therapy "at least matched" the results achieved in the first experiment, said Dr. Moertel...
...King of the Deal already owns the prestigious Plaza Hotel in Manhattan and two hotel-casinos in Atlantic City. Last May he paid floundering Eastern Airlines $365 million for its East Coast shuttle service, renamed it the Trump Shuttle, and now controls at least 40% of the market, in contrast to 26% when he took over. Trump has made huge killings by buying stakes in companies and leading other investors to believe he had an interest in a buyout, only to sell out after the stock price rose. Among his targets have been Golden Nugget, Pillsbury and Federated Department Stores...
...beholder, for there can be no doubt about the numbers. Italian governments have been abusing their credit cards for 20 years, piling debt onto debt. Only once in the past dozen years has the annual budget deficit been less than 10% of GDP. By contrast, the worst U.S. ratio was 3.8% in 1983; last year it was only 1.8%. Moreover, most of Italy's debt is short to medium term, subject to volatile interest rates. A 1% rise in short-term rates costs the government 7 trillion lire ($5.1 billion) annually in extra interest...
...question is, Does any of this work? In Georgia, where boot camps were invented in 1983, boosters claim that it costs only $3,400 to house and revamp one inmate in 90 days, in contrast to the $15,000 annual bill for housing a prisoner in the state penitentiary. Boot camps provide one unquestioned benefit: they get the youthful offenders off the street and give them a taste of the debasement of prison life while offering them a startling "one last chance" to straighten...