As she folded herself into a chair for the Talk Asia interview, the entourage settled in the background -- some blending in with the grand designs of the exhibition, others, like Carlo, a small, bald man wearing dark glasses, providing more of a contrast.

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Mr Yeltsin, by contrast, looked trim and refreshed for a man of 66, as if he had put behind him the long illness that preceded his heart-bypass operation in November.

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Mr Rutelli, in contrast to Mr Amato, seeks to put himself across as a man of the people rather than a professional politician.

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By contrast, Mr Madelin, a Renault factory worker's boy, can claim to be a man of the people.

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