In marked contrast to earlier constructions and villages on top of the mesas, the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde reflected a region-wide trend towards the aggregation of growing regional populations into close, highly defensible quarters during the 13th century.

In contrast to World War II, Germany fielded very few tanks during WWI, with only 15 of the A7V type being produced in Germany during the war.

The architecture of the new house is considered to be somewhat dated for its time, being similar in style to the demolished castle of the 1830s, in contrast to the richer forms of Scots Baronial being developed by William Burn and others during the 1850s.

Provisional IRA activity also increased across Northern Ireland with thirty British soldiers being killed in the remaining months of 1971, in contrast to the ten soldiers killed during the pre-internment period of the year.

By contrast, the Soviet Union's transition was much more problematic and its successor republics faced a sharp decline in GDP during the early 1990s.

An infection that does not and will not produce clinically evident impairment of normal functioning, such as the presence of the normal bacteria and yeasts in the gut, is not considered a disease ; by contrast, an infection that is asymptomatic during its incubation period, but expected to produce symptoms later, is usually considered a disease.

By contrast, in January 2001, just three dot-coms bought advertising spots during Super Bowl XXXV.

In contrast, the White Nile provides only 10 % of the Nile's waters during the high-water season but contributes more than 80 % during the low-water period.

By contrast, the Gemini capsule's avionics were designed so the cabin could be exposed to the vacuum of space when one of two large hatches was opened, so no airlock was required, and both the spacewalking astronaut and his companion command pilot were in vacuum during the EVA.

By contrast, the U. S. admitted more than 100, 000 Vietnamese refugees for resettlement during the Vietnam War.

In contrast to the Northern Italian language, southern Italian dialects and languages were largely untouched by the Franco-Occitan influences introduced to Italy, mainly by bards from France, during the Middle Ages but, after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, Sicily became the first Italian land to adopt Occitan lyric moods ( and words ) in poetry.

Europe has however seen a decline in premium income during the year in contrast to the growth seen in North America and Asia.

In contrast, paracetamol ( acetaminophen ) is regarded as being safe and well-tolerated during pregnancy, but Leffers et al released a study in 2010 indicating that there may be associated male infertility in the unborn.

Most forms of stud poker, in contrast, are open games, because some players ' cards are dealt face up or are exposed during play ( blind stud games are an exception ).

Greater latitude was given to managers of state-owned factories, while capital was made available to them through a reformed banking system and through fiscal policies ( in contrast to the fiscal anarchy and fall in revenue experienced by the Soviet government during perestroika ).

In contrast, lost lands are islands or continents believed by some to have existed during prehistory, often associated with ancient myths and legends ; and vanishing islands are islands that are submerged during high tide.

In contrast, a critic in the humanities can choose to adopt an array of stances ( e. g., Marxist criticism, Freudian criticism, Deconstruction, 19th-century-style literary criticism ), which may be more or less fashionable during any given period but which are all regarded as legitimate.

By contrast, the Indianapolis Colts — among the most successful franchises in any sport during the 2000s with quarterback Peyton Manning — had a 2-14 record in 2011 because of injuries that prevented Manning from playing.

This stands in sharp contrast to the 1980s, before the fall of the Soviet Union, when Sweden could gather up to 800, 000 men when total mobilization had been declared ; but the importance placed on defensive spending during the Cold War is perhaps best reflected by the fact that Sweden in the late 1950s ran the world's fourth-largest air force.

There was a striking contrast with Japan, where Edo ( Tokyo ) had as many as 1 million inhabitants and the urban population comprised as much as 10 % to 15 % of the total during the Tokugawa Period ( 1600 – 1868 ).

In contrast, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are rare between midnight and 6 a m. and never occur during sleep.

Finally, the rabbis claimed for the Hebrew language a divine authority, in contrast to Aramaic or Greek-even though these languages were the lingua franca of Jews during this period ( and Aramaic would eventually be given the same holy language status as Hebrew ).

In contrast, 20 of the 21 lines in the Completion Profile ( excluding center 5 for boys and 4 for girls ) are bunched and extend over a much shorter period, approximately 30 months for boys and 40 months for girls.

By contrast, the cursive developed out of the Nabataean alphabet in the same period soon became the standard for writing Arabic, evolving into the Arabic alphabet as it stood by the time of the early spread of Islam.

By contrast, the normal vaginal discharge will vary in consistency and amount throughout the menstrual cycle and is at its clearest at ovulation-about 2 weeks before the period starts.

In contrast, their first six full-time coaches – Art Duncan, Adams, Ivan, Jimmy Skinner and Abel – covered a 42 – year period.

This is in contrast with the finely finished and decorated sarcophagi found in other pyramids of the same period.

By contrast, non-life insurance cover usually covers a shorter period, such as one year.

By contrast, homoerotic themes were present in poetry and other literature written by some Muslims from the medieval period onwards and which celebrated love between men.

In contrast, English historians often use the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 to mark the end of the period.

In contrast, those who justified US interventions in the Cold War period always cast these as being motivated by the need to contain totalitarianism and thus fulfilled a higher moral imperative.

In contrast, bird eggs contain enough to supply the chick with nutriment throughout the whole period of incubation.

In contrast to Orion, it is in the period November – January ( summer in the Southern Hemisphere, winter in the Northern Hemisphere ) when Ophiuchus is in the daytime sky and thus not visible at most latitudes.

By contrast, the Christmas tree in spite of frequent association with Thor's Oak cannot be shown to be an innovation predating the Early Modern period.

* Paleopaganism: A retronym coined to contrast with " Neopaganism ", " original polytheistic, nature-centered faiths ", such as the pre-Hellenistic Greek and pre-imperial Roman religion, pre-Migration period Germanic paganism as described by Tacitus, or Celtic polytheism as described by Julius Caesar.

In contrast to fresh pasta, dried pasta needs to be dried at a low temperature for several days to evaporate all the moisture allowing it to be stored for a longer period.

This is called horizontal transmission in contrast to vertical transmission, which tends to evolve symbiosis ( after a period of high morbidity and mortality in the population ) by linking the pathogen's evolutionary success to the evolutionary success of the host organism.

In the medieval period Padstow was commonly called Aldestowe ( as the ' old place ' in contrast to Bodmin the ' new place ').

The Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt ( 1818 – 1897 ) in his Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien ( 1860 ), by contrast, defined the Renaissance as the period between Giotto and Michelangelo in Italy, that is, the 14th to mid-16th centuries.

In contrast to its neighbors, civil tranquility and strong economic growth have marked this period.

The contrast in strategies was evident during the first period.

The previous ABC affiliate, KTVI, in contrast, was one of the strongest affiliates-it had become a Fox station in 1995, and thus, has televised the majority of the Rams ' games in this period.