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contrast and detectives
Much of his work is based on intuition and even dreams ; this is in contrast to other fictional detectives who use logic to solve their cases.
" Bluey " Hills who, in contrast to the relatively straight detectives seen in Crawford's previous shows, was obese, drank heavily ( even on duty ), smoked heavily, visited local prostitutes, and would often enact physical violence to criminals.

contrast and such
A contrast of the scripture reading of, let us say, St. Augustine, John Bunyan, and Thomas Jefferson, all three of whom found in such study a real source of enlightenment, can tell us a great deal about these three men and the age that each represented and helped bring to conscious expression.
But the use of stress in comparison and contrast, for example, can undermine distinctions such as these.
In contrast to this Stoic-patristic view, Utopia implies that the nature of man is such that to rely on individual conscience to supply the deficiencies of municipal law is to embark on the bottomless sea of human sinfulness in a sieve.
These areas, by virtue of their abrupt density of pattern, stated the literal surface with such new and superior force that the resulting contrast drove the simulated printing into a depth from which it could be rescued -- and set to shuttling again -- only by conventional perspective ; ;
There was considerable contrast between this Mulligan performance and that of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, who are able to generate a tremendous sound for such a small group.
In contrast, the East is ably led by such stalwart heroes as Khrushchev, Tito, and Mao.
The contrast between the " careful control against the almost inconceivable perversion of his scheme " and " the ridiculousness of the proposal " create a situation in which the reader has " to consider just what perverted values and assumptions would allow such a diligent, thoughtful, and conventional man to propose so perverse a plan ".
This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme or semantic unit, and syllabaries, in which each character represents a syllable.
To contrast with the more stereotyped descriptions, Christie often characterised the " foreigners " in such a way as to make the reader understand and sympathise with them ; this is particularly true of her Jewish characters, who are seldom actually criminals.
The term Building design professional ( or Design professional ), by contrast, is a much broader term including professionals who practice independently under an alternate profession, such as engineering professionals, or those who assist in the practice architecture under the supervision of a licensed architect, such as architectural technologists and intern architects.
In contrast, in systems of reincarnation, such as those in the Dharmic tradition, the nature of the continued existence is determined directly by the actions of the individual in the ended life, rather than through the decision of another being.
By contrast, in mainstream Analytical philosophy the topic is more confined to abstract investigation, in the work of such influential theorists as W. V. O. Quine, to name one of many.
To make the show more cost-effective, it was also shot with virtually no outdoor scenes ( in contrast to the first series which was shot largely on location ) and several frequently used indoor sets, such as the Queen's throne room and Blackadder's front room.
So, according to Obadiah there will not remain even a remnant after Edom ’ s judgment ; This is in contrast to Amos 9: 12, where Amos refers to such a remnant, however, it is stated that their possession will be given to Israel.
In contrast, Biopharmaceuticals are large biological molecules such as proteins that are developed to address targets that cannot easily be addressed by small molecules.
In contrast, Bartók and Kodály discovered that the old Magyar folk melodies were based on pentatonic scales, similar to those in Asian folk traditions, such as those of Central Asia, Anatolia and Siberia.
In one such incident involving the 1972 explosion and sinking of the tanker, the Coast Guard photographed the wreck and recovered several bodies, in contrast with one Triangle author's claim that all the bodies had vanished, with the exception of the captain, who was found sitting in his cabin at his desk, clutching a coffee cup.
In the most common usage, β strand refers to a single continuous stretch of amino acids adopting an extended conformation and involved in backbone hydrogen bonds to at least one other strand ; by contrast, a β sheet refers to an assembly of at least two such β strands that are hydrogen-bonded ( or H-bonded ) to each other.
Indic languages, such as Hindi, typically have a four-way contrast among plosives and affricates ( voiced, breathy voiced, tenuis, aspirated ) and a two-way contrast among nasals ( voiced, breathy voiced ).
One way to understand the meaning of the term " mole " is to compare and contrast it to terms such as dozen.
Lewis followed the legacy of such comedians as Keaton and Harold Lloyd, but his work was not well received by critics in the United States ( in contrast to France where he proved highly popular.
This contrast is brought out in issues such as voluntary euthanasia-a pure consequentialist would see no moral difference between allowing a patient to die by, for example, withholding food ; switching off their life-support machine ; or actively killing them with harmful drugs.
* It accepts the use of the scientific method, and generally rejects introspection as a valid method of investigation-in contrast with such approaches as Freudian psychology.

contrast and Dr
In contrast, Dr. William Douglass proposed a more secular argument against inoculation, stressing the importance of reason over passion and urging the public to be pragmatic in their choices.
In contrast, requiring only a single small incision, the " Bonati system " ( invented by Dr. Alfred Bonati ), uses a single 5-function control, so that a saline solution and the vacuum pump operate together when the laser cutter is activated.
In contrast, the speech of Dr Chasuble and Miss Prism is distinguished by " pedantic precept " and " idiosyncratic diversion ".
However in contrast with Mr. Haughey's case, Dr. Fitzgerald's case involved the effective exhaustion of his assets in order to achieve a settlement whereas Mr. Haughey's assets were retained virtually intact.
Her case was reported in detail by Dr. Edmundo Escomel in the medical journal La Presse Médicale, including the additional details that her menarche had occurred at eight months of age, in contrast to a past report stating that she had been having regular periods since she was three years old ( or 2½ according to a different article ).
During the riots in the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination, the " Stones " were credited with preserving and protecting the Woodlawn neighborhood ( albeit through extortion and intimidation ), which saw minimal disturbance in contrast with neighborhoods like Garfield Park and the West Side.
In contrast, those more favorable to the map, such as Dr. David Saunders, a statistician who had been on the Condon UFO study, argued that unusual alignment of key Sun-like stars in a plane centered around Zeta Reticuli ( first described by Fish ) was statistically improbable to have happened by chance from a random group of stars in our immediate neighborhood.
Dr Evadne Hinge is played in sharp contrast as a reserved, austere intellectual whose role is to provide piano accompaniment, direction and, where necessary, vocal support for Dame Hilda Bracket's singing performances.
By contrast, six members from Dr. Marzouk's extended family were killed in the 1948 massacres, and yet no one was arrested.
In contrast with the rest of the crew of the Leonov, Dr. Chandra is very confident in HAL's abilities and trusts HAL to follow all orders, even when HAL is required to follow orders that would result in HAL's destruction.
All this was in contrast to the tradition established by the first headmaster, Dr Henderson, who had never resorted to the cane.
General Curtis LeMay, USAF ( former head of the Strategic Air Command and serving at the time as Chief of Staff of the Air Force ), used his considerable influence to allow Producer Sy Bartlett and Director Delbert Mann unprecedented access to various SAC facilities, in the belief that this film would play a vital role in reminding Americans that the Air Force did indeed have its weapons of mass destruction under tight control in sharp contrast to the impressions that the movies Dr. Strangelove and Fail-Safe ( both based on novels written prior to 1963 whose premise was that accidental nuclear war caused by SAC was not only possible but likely ) would give.

contrast and .
When Heidegger and Sartre speak of a contrast between being and existence, they may be right, I don't know, but their language is too philosophical for me.
The cyclist, by contrast, blond and blue-eyed, is simply unreflective, unproblematic Life, `` blithe and carefree ''.
Whatever pole of this contrast one emphasizes and whatever the tension between these two approaches to understanding the artistic imagination, it will be readily seen that they are not mutually exclusive, that they belong together.
For both Plato and Aristotle artistic mimesis, in contrast to the power of dialectic, is relatively incapable of expressing the character of fundamental reality.
In contrast to all this, primary data are data of a self involved in environing processes and powers.
The short poems grouped at the end of the volume as `` Thoughts in Loneliness '' is, as Professor Book indicated, in sharp contrast with the others.
In contrast to cocktail parties, military organizations, even in the field, are more formal.
By contrast, the energetic reaction of the leader to the full demands his decision imposes upon him strengthens the moral intuition and gives us the measure of the man.
But none of this has prevented scientists, philosophers, and even historians of science, from speaking of the Ptolemaic system, in contrast to the Copernican.
Another contrast stressed when discussing Ptolemaic vs. Copernican astronomy, turns on the idea of simplicity.
No more startling contrast to a system of sullen satellites could be imagined.
I take the central meaning here to be the contrast between the drab empty quality of life without literature and a life enriched by it.
The limits are suggested by an imaginary experiment: contrast the perceptual skill of English professors with that of their colleagues in discriminating among motor cars, political candidates, or female beauty.
In this respect, his approach to poetry-and-jazz is in marked contrast to Kenneth Rexroth's.
In contrast to the caravan of the previous night, there were only four cars parked across the street.
In contrast to the lower turnout of TV, total radio production increased from 15.4 million sets to 16.7 million ( excluding export ).
A true university, like most successful marriages, is a unity of diversities Without forcing all components into a single pattern, the preparation of a master plan is an opportunity to consider interrelation of knowledge at its highest level, which a university -- in contrast to a multiversity -- should stand for.
In contrast are the vast open stretches of ranch country and oil wells.
Try some closeups on Southern blossoms to provide a welcome contrast with the many long-view scenics you'll be making.
Built upon seven hills, Istanbul, like Rome, is one of the most ancient cities in the world, filled with splendor and contrast.
It is an exotic place, so different from the ordinary that the casual tourist is likely to see at first only the contrast and the ugliness of narrow streets lined with haphazard houses.
Even when they are finished, however, the contrast will remain, for Istanbul is the only city in the world that is built upon two continents.
i.e., burglars who rob while the tenants are absent, in contrast to hot-slough prowlers, those who work while the occupants are home.
and that the maximum of the radio emission came about 3-1/2 days after Full Moon, which is again in contrast to the infrared emission, which reaches its maximum at Full Moon.

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