The principals stood in stark contrast both physically and politically.

By the standards of 19th century tycoons, Carnegie was not a particularly ruthless man but a humanitarian with enough acquisitiveness to go in the ruthless pursuit of money ; on the other hand, the contrast between his life and the lives of many of his own workers and of the poor, in general, was stark.

Among the provinces, British Columbia has been distinguished by its strong liberal views ( in stark contrast to the other provinces west of Ontario ).

In stark contrast with its SSI and MSI predecessors, the first LSI implementation of the PDP-11 contained a CPU composed of only four LSI integrated circuits.

This led to very good coverage across most of the country and few problems of interference with other UK-based transmissions ; a stark contrast to the problems associated with Channel 5's launch fourteen and a half years later.

The valley of desolation is a sulfurous valley of volcanic vents and hot springs that inhibits significant plant growth-in stark contrast to the surrounding rain forest.

It is said that the rivalry was fueled in the 1970s due to the stark contrast of the teams: the Cowboys, being more of a " flashy " team with Roger Staubach's aerial attack and the " flex " Doomsday Defense ; while the Steelers were more of a " blue-collar " team with a strong running game and the 1970s-esque Steel Curtain defense, a contrast that still exists today.

His disciplinarian regime was a stark contrast to the indulgent Florentine Court of Leopold.

Heidi Schiller, joined by her younger counterpart, performs " One More Kiss ", her aged voice a stark contrast to the sparkling coloratura of her younger self.

Schmidt's private life was in stark contrast to the success of his distinguished professional career, and was overshadowed by tragedy.

He was critical of modern philosophy for its lack of progress, which he believed was in stark contrast to the dramatic advances in the natural sciences since the Renaissance.

His nobility is shown in stark contrast to the deceit and pridefulness of the Greeks, especially Achilles.

However another study, had observed that pusher syndrome is also present in patients with left hemisphere lesions, leading to aphasia, providing a stark contrast to what was previously believed regarding hemispatial neglect, which mostly occurs with a right hemisphere lesion.

In stark contrast to earlier opulence, William Poel's 1881 production of the Q1 text was an early attempt at reconstructing the Elizabethan theatre's austerity ; his only backdrop was a set of red curtains.

This points to a strong, long-term selective pressure that, in stark contrast to most other regions of the genomes of sub-Saharan groups, left little room for genetic variation at the determining loci.

His embrace of egoism is in stark contrast to Godwin's altruism.

This is in stark contrast to the media climate prior to the 20th century, where the media market was dominated by smaller newspapers and pamphleteers who usually had an overt and often radical agenda, with no presumption of balance or objectivity.

This was in stark contrast to the stiff representations of birds by his contemporaries, such as Alexander Wilson.

To Lovelock, the stark contrast between the Martian atmosphere and chemically dynamic mixture of that of our Earth's biosphere was strongly indicative of the absence of life on the planet.

This role was in stark contrast to his appearance in the lighthearted romantic comedy, Picture Perfect the following year.

In stark contrast, she is portrayed as a scheming, duplicitous traitor in Gary Jennings ' novel Aztec.

Rather than having a specific message for any of his films, Pyryev promoted Stalin ’ s slogan “ life has become better, life has become more joyous .” Sometimes this message was in stark contrast with the reality of the time.

In stark contrast to its predecessor, Huevos was recorded in a swift, fiery fashion, with many first takes, and minimal second guessing.

This explanation for the radical stylistic shift c. 1520 has fallen out of scholarly favor, though the early Mannerists are still set in stark contrast to High Renaissance conventions ; the immediacy and balance achieved by Raphael's School of Athens, no longer seemed interesting to young artists.

However, his natural genuflection to those in power ensured that his five years in charge of the BBC were generally very stable and secure for the organisation, in stark contrast to the subsequent director-generalship of Alasdair Milne.

All during the war, the Japanese had pursued a meticulous civil affairs policy aimed at avoiding civilian casualties and keeping the Chinese populace on their side – a stark contrast with the previous First Sino-Japanese War and subsequent Second Sino-Japanese War.

In stark contrast to the lack of public commentary on the Dragontooth system, the subsequent Soviet analogue, the PFM-1, spurred a lot of controversy after being used in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, being a key element leading to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

This mountain site ".. a stark barren monolith .." is also mentioned in the recent book by Pete " Snapper " Winner, Soldier ' I ' - The Story of an SAS Hero as part of Sickener 2, his Selection for the SAS.

A stark and detailed example of victor's justice is presented by James Madison Page in his 1908 book The True Story of Andersonville Prison, subtitled " A Defense of Major Henry Wirz.

Partly because of its stark honesty about the pain that this kind of struggle causes a family, and partly because of its refreshingly revealing portrait of a brilliant young man ( he discovered a new way to liquefy ammonia ) struck down too young by incurable illness, Death Be Not Proud became a best-selling book that is still popular today.

Colm Toibin wrote in his New York Times review that " the issues Baker wishes to raise, and the stark system he has used to dramatize his point, make his book a serious and conscientious contribution to the debate about pacifism ," and Mark Kurlansky wrote for the Los Angeles Times that " People are going to get really angry at Baker for criticizing their favorite war.

The book follows a rather fantastic and paranoid plot, very different from the stark realism of Clowes ' later more widely known Ghost World.

As in the poet's earlier works, the book is one long stream-of-consciousness in the style of a French symbolist poem — with plenty of white spaces between the individual verses which wash through the poet's mind with stark imagery and contemplative clarity.

The book further delineates the Dark Ages that immediately followed the collapse of the Roman Empire, including details regarding a number of adverse events that were characteristic of what Manchester regards as a " stark " era.

Even the language is multi-layered, mixing music, sport and street talk with soaring imagery .” In a starred review in Booklist, writer Bill Ott noted that “ Ritter pulls out all the stops in his myth-heavy plot, but what really makes the book soar is his sense of place: the laid-back, hippie-influenced, communal spirit of OB permeates every scene, offering stark contrast to the coldly commercial world toward which Andy aspires.

Last Poems ( 1914 — 1918 ) book of poetry, published in 1918, presents a stark and gloomy picture of revolutionary Russia as Gippius saw it.

In the Teen Titans animated series, the only area of Tamaran shown appears as a barren, mountainous wasteland ( a stark contrast to the lush, tropical climate of its comic book counterpart ), although Starfire thinks it looks lovely.

Initially his reputation rested for the most part on his studies of Zoroastrianism, notably his book, Zurvan, a Zoroastrian dilemma ( 1955 ), an original scholarly discussion of the theological deviation from the stark Zoroastrian dualism promoted by the newly ascendant Sasanian dynasty.

The perception of Škoda in Western Europe has changed completely since the takeover by VW, in stark comparison to the reputation of the cars throughout the 1980s — often described as ' the laughing stock ' of the automotive world.

I don't see any difference between being stark naked or fully dressed — if it's part of the job and it's done with meaning and intention.

This was in stark contrast to the traditionally " male aura " that the wines of France had — particularly Burgundy and Bordeaux.

Critic Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, liked the screenplay, the message of the film, and John Ford's direction, and wrote, " John Ford has truly fashioned a modern Odyssey — a stark and tough-fibered motion picture which tells with lean economy the never-ending story of man's wanderings over the waters of the world in search of peace for his soul ... it is harsh and relentless and only briefly compassionate in its revelation of man's pathetic shortcomings.

Her initial saintly image — as shown in her first starring role — was a stark contrast three years later when she was cast as a provocative bi-racial woman in Selznick ’ s controversial film Duel in the Sun ( 1946 ).

The Mavericks have won 50 or more regular season games in 11 consecutive seasons, dating back to 2001 — a stark contrast ( and almost diametrically opposed ) to the 10-season streak of losing seasons from the 1990 – 91 to the 1999 – 2000 season.

Narbonne Cathedral, dedicated to Saints Justus and Pastor, provides stark evidence of Narbonne's sudden and dramatic change of fortunes when one sees at the rear of the structure the enormously ambitious building programme frozen in time, for the cathedral — still one of the tallest in France — was never finished.

Couse's elegant, understated door — stark black, framed in cream white with a bold white " 10 " clearly visible — was the perfect backdrop to record such events ( see Section 2. 1 below ).

While the motive of this number was to simply assign responsibility for a cleanup, such stark honesty opens not just an economic but political door to some kind of negotiation — presumably to reduce that ratio in time to something seen as more equitable.

Such an approach lies in stark contrast to the approaches of social cognitive theory to addiction — and indeed, to behavior in general — which holds human beings regulate and control their own environmental and cognitive environments, and are not merely driven by internal, driving impulses.

Large epithelial plugs may cause more scattering of light, leading to the appearance of visual phenomena such as flares and starbursts — especially in situations like night driving, where the stark glare of car headlights abounds.

Rather than the typical equipment – cluttered dental office we are on a set — only a dentist, a dental chair, Mr. Teas, and the assistant are present — against a stark and simple background.

They played in a vertically striped blue and white jersey — a stark contrast to the well known broad red band which would become the kit for the club later.

In major cities of developing countries there exist pockets where technologies of the modernized world — computers, cell phones and satellite television — exist right alongside stark poverty.

Shot in stark black and white in the style of the German expressionist films of the 1920s, Vincent imagines himself in a series of situations inspired by the Vincent Price / Edgar Allan Poe films that had such an effect on Burton as a child, including experimenting on his dog — a theme that would subsequently appear in Frankenweenie — and welcoming his aunt home while simultaneously conjuring up the image of her dipped in hot wax.