International health experts have commended China on its transparency in reporting the spread of the virus, in sharp contrast to its handling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003, when 8, 096 people were infected worldwide and 744 died.
There was also a slight increase in the CO2 intensity of U.S. energy supply (CO2 per unit of energy) in 2010, which is in contrast to a drop of 2.4% in 2009.
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In our trial of the Kindle 2, its screen technology was barely distinguishable from the older model in terms of faster page refreshes and identical in terms of contrast.
The team commented that the scarcity of macroscopic remains was in marked contrast to an abundance of microscopic evidence of maize in the guise of maize pollen samples collected from soil at the sites.
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Real exports of goods and services decreased 1.6 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to an increase of 5.3 percent in the second.
In addition, his salary and award stand in contrast to those of average Britons, who are facing inflation and job losses in the U.K's struggling economy.
He is the first member of the generation born after the Cuban Revolution to reach the powerful position and stands in contrast to many of the octogenarian military officials who hold top positions in the government.
Allowing for inflation, this is roughly a third of what it might have cost to build in Babbage's day in contrast to the cost of electronic-computer technology, which halves in price every 18 months.
Fewer than a quarter of Indonesians, Turks, Pakistanis and Jordanians, and a tenth of Moroccans, support the war on terror. (The survey was completed before the May 16th terrorist attack in Casablanca.) By contrast, in seven of the Muslim countries surveyed, a majority of the population imagined that America might become a military threat to their country.
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Obama talks about energy in most of his speeches, but, in contrast with 2009, when the centerpiece of his program was a cap-and-trade approach to reducing carbon emissions, his goal today is unclear.
Another feature of Slovenian public life, also in contrast to the rest of the Balkans, is that politicians are much less prominent.
However, in London and other areas, in contrast with the effectiveness of police responses in some towns and cities, there was a failure of police tactics.
In terms of jobs, the Reagan recovery of 1982-1984 stands in sharp contrast to the Obama recovery of 2009-2011.
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The Cubans of Miami, in sharp contrast, brought much of their country with them.
Real nonresidential fixed investment decreased 1.3 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to an increase of 3.6 percent in the second.
Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 9.6 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent in the second.
In contrast, none of the hip cities posted under 15 population growth better than 5%.
In contrast, sponsors of F1 itself get huge billboards at the tracks that give guaranteed exposure.
In contrast, none of the new releases is likely to have much of an afterlife.
In Britain, in contrast, hundreds of thousands of migrant Polish workers are reckoned to have gone home.
In contrast to polls of the general public, Romney has no gender gap among the affluent who are likely voters.
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France, in contrast, spoke of its "incomprehension and... discomfort in regard to the repeated airstrikes carried out by American and British aviation".
In contrast, most of the West European currencies outside the euro notably, sterling, the Danish krone and the Swiss franc are hugely overvalued, by 20-40%.
In contrast, hundreds of thousands of Americans are reeling under credit card debt because they've grown up following the motto: consume today, not tomorrow.
In contrast, members of Angela Merkel's ruling party have talked of Greece leaving the euro temporarily if it fails to meet strict austerity conditions.
In contrast to many of his other answers, this denial of responsibility was one of his least deliberated responses, as if it were instinctual.
In contrast, most of the emerging-market currencies, notably those in East Asia, Russia and Brazil, are significantly undervalued against the dollar, following large devaluations.
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In contrast, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee were more skeptical when they heard from some of the same witnesses at a hearing on Monday.
In a fascinating contrast of styles, Michigan picked the Rams apart.
Federal prosecutors, in contrast to most of their targets, operate on the basis of munificent funding (even if the money is borrowed by the government).
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