This is in stark contrast to the Italian political tradition.

The contrast with matters of peace and security is stark.

There is a stark contrast between northern Somalia and southern Somalia.

Despite their commonality, there has been a stark contrast in approaches to resolving these two crises.

But Patel s conduct during the violence that accompanied Partition stands in stark contrast to Modi s behavior in office.

This new vulnerability stands in stark contrast to the stability of the over regulated post World War II period.

Unless the Roma are well educated and socially integrated in stark contrast to today s reality these countries economic future is bleak.

In stark contrast, Turkey's full and unwavering support for settlement is evident from its position both before and after the referenda in the island.

What accounts for the stark contrast between the mass protests against the Vietnam War and the muted public reaction to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?

The streets of many French cities vibrated with Southern Mediterranean emotions, which stood in stark contrast to the apathy that surrounded the French national team s game that night.

Our achievement in the Summit Outcome on the responsibility to protect stands in stark contrast to our silence on the importance of fighting impunity for the worst crimes of international concern.

This Israeli conviction on what it considers an existential issue stands in stark contrast with the fatalism that otherwise dominates Israelis thinking about themselves and their relations with the Palestinians.

The most recent report by the Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, released in November 2012, acknowledged Pakistan s recent progress in stark contrast to the bleak outlook of its previous report.

In stark contrast to the way that former Soviet bloc countries have been drawn into the European economy, Arab countries have received little help from the EU, despite the huge challenges they face.

The USSR collapsed not for economic reasons, but because the slight lifting of the Iron Curtain revealed a reality that stood in stark contrast to the idea that people were subordinate to the state.

In only two decades, China has become Southeast Asian countries leading economic partner, boosting its influence throughout the region. Chinese leaders constant effort to expand economic cooperation stands in stark contrast to America s approach to the region.

Erdoğan s ruling AKP traces its roots to political Islam, and many of its leaders social networks are in Islamic countries in stark contrast to the secular style of Turkey s previous leaders, who proudly displayed their Western identity.

The statistics are stark.

The choice is stark.

Its dilemma is stark.

Everyone gets to be hyphenated. By contrast, when identity is presented as being a stark choice, people often do not choose the identity of the host country that is being so inflexible.

From my reading of the news there seems little to explain why the Iraqi government acted only now and so decisively, which is a stark contrast to their usual silence on such matters.

The problem for Ban is his diffident manner, which stands in stark contrast with that of his predecessor, Kofi Annan, a larger than life secretary general who dominated the scene through his flair, eloquence, and star power.

The electoral math is stark.

The possible conclusions are stark.

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Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

The political differences are too stark.

Indeed, their serene patience stands in stark contrast to the anxious reticence of Russian leaders, who have yet to surmount the humiliation that Russia suffered as a result of the Soviet Union s disintegration at the end of the Cold War.

The erosion in public support for Bush s Iraq policy is stark.

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Ethiopia and Yemen are equally stark examples.

Such an approach lies in stark contrast to the approaches of social cognitive theory to addiction and indeed, to behavior in general which holds human beings regulate and control their own environmental and cognitive environments, and are not merely driven by internal, driving impulses.

At the same time, a radical reform program within Ukraine is gaining momentum, and slowly becoming visible to both the Ukrainian public and the European authorities. There is a stark contrast between the deteriorating external situation and the continuing progress in internal reforms.

It is especially ironic that, in stark contrast to his own rhetoric, Bush s call for a Middle East peace conference is a call to wage war against the party, Hamas, that won a democratic election, and to make peace with the loser, Fatah.

The stark truth is that India has no choice in the matter.

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These average rates mask stark differences between countries.

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