President Obama will have no public appearances in Riyadh, in stark contrast to his itinerary in Cairo.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

Some believe that population is stable in contrast to the eastern portion of the stock which is continuing to decline at probably lower population levels."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The suicides and apparently difficult working conditions appear in stark contrast to France's reputation of having some of the most generous worker benefits in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

And it has stood in contrast to the way Barack Obama campaigned in 2008."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Tuesday's upbeat economic data stand in contrast to gloomy budget deficit projections.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The situation is in stark contrast to 2008, when elections were held after a peace deal ended a 10-year violent insurgency and drew Maoist rebels into the political mainstream.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

So far the protests have been largely peaceful, in contrast to anti-government demonstrations in April last year when the government was forced to enact security laws with the military brought in to end the unrest.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

The military aspect of the show has been steadily growing, and this year is expected to make up about In sharp contrast to the military aspects of the show, some exhibitors appeared to revel in the pure joy of flight.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

It is a mostly African American city that has suffered economic hardship for several decades, a stark contrast to the fame and wealth the Jackson family attained as a result of successful music careers after they left the city.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

It's the contrast between stress and no stress. The question becomes, well,how much stress do you need to have before you lower the stress?,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Political analyst Masha Lipman at the Moscow Carnegie Center says President Medvedev's appeal to Islamic spiritual leaders may be an attempt to contrast ordinary with radical Islam.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"If you contrast what is happening in this crisis to what we saw in the last major global crises of the last several decades, I think you are seeing more action now on a broader scale,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"And their struggle and barrier is having an adequate health workforce and facilities for the kind of high-tech things that happen to mothers that are at risk " In contrast,Boufford says developed nations have excellent medical technology.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"What we've proven to be useful and what does work is having a person in a stressed state, and then reducing that stress because it's that contrast is what motivates a person to cooperate, what motivates a person to start talking.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17