For the first time since then, the all-powerful African National Congress (ANC) was challenged by an opposition party able to point to its own perky record in local government and contrast it with the ANC's fairly dismal one.
In contrast, local flavour is the determined focus at Steamworks on Water Street.
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The two-sided LED backlight features 1.5 D local dimming to significantly improve contrast in 2D viewing.
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The strength of the established parties, by contrast, lies in having tough local guys in each constituency, pockets bulging with cash, who deliver blocks of voters on election day.
The storm has been a boon to the local construction and renovation industry, a sharp contrast to the national construction business as a whole, which has been slowed by economic recession.
In contrast, several ministers eager to add local office (or at least victory) to their laurels were humiliated.
In contrast with Baldwin's claim, local landowners have received billions of dollars in royalties, and the typical royalty of 18.75 percent is higher than what many novelists, actors or musicians are paid.
The Liberal Democrats need not worry too much about that because, as traditional Europhiles, they always fare badly in European elections. (By contrast, they always do well in local elections.) More alarming for its leaders, they, like Labour, fared much worse in their strong areas.
By contrast, Jeffrey is taking classes at a local community college.
By contrast, other sports leagues survive mainly on local distribution.
In Brazil, by contrast, carmaking has long been an integrated industry, with high local content.
In Spain, by contrast, the centre controls 58%, the regions 27% and local councils 15%.
The states, by contrast, have shed roughly 100, 000 workers over that period, while local governments have cut over 500, 000 jobs, most of them in education.
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In contrast, after six years of economic reform in India, expatriates' investment in local markets and businesses remains tiny.
In contrast to the national news, the last few days has seen a number of local firms announcing large job losses.
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By contrast, in Brazil the main aim of public policy has been to push carmakers to build local factories from which to supply the country's huge domestic market.
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