Word: starkness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...December 1992, when Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin deported 400 Hamas activists, the world reacted with disgust and indignation. Rabin had to revoke this action and allow the Hamas terrorists to return to Israeli soil. In stark contrast, following the recent killing of 23 civilians in a bus explosion in Tel-Aviv, Israel has been granted full international support for its declaration of an all-out assault on Hamas...
...contrast is bewildering. Some Quebecers in Canada feel confident enough to start their own nation, while literally across the St. Lawrence River, the same group--who to this day identify themselves as "French Canadian"--aren't even sure they will survive beyond the next generation. This stark contrast betrays a lot about the development of two very different systems...
...artillery shells crack outside, Ripper finally shares exactly why he has begun World War III. Under the stark black and white camera, in a hushed tone of inspiration, he tells Mandrake, "I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids." This is a man with a mission...
Because Haiti is a society where the divide between the haves and the have- nots is so stark, it was inevitable that the rich and the poor would herald Aristide's return in all-or-nothing terms. Yet some recognize that the future belongs neither to Aristide the Redeemer nor Aristide the Avenger. Rather, these quieter voices suggest, the country's fate rests on the shoulders of all Haitians: not only the rich and the poor, but the unsung bureaucrats of the middle class. These civil servants, who lack the unity and political passion of the rich and the poor...
...Becker is more preoccupied than ever with the inner-most matters of the heart. Most of his songs, like the sharp blues workout Cringemaker and the lithe My Waterloo, plumb tales of love gone sour. Even though Becker's melodies sometime seem stark and his voice is a mere bleat, his ear for catchy grooves gives Whack soulfulness and heft. Down in the Bottom, the CD's finest cut, chugs forward on a rhythm smart enough to make Smokey Robinson proud and maybe even cool enough to have made Charlie Parker feel like soloing. Don't ever expect the jazz...