101.   In sharp contrast with the last few years of sluggish business, many companies were reporting double-digit sales increases.

102.   In sharp contrast, lower-income families spend far beyond their incomes, according to the consumer expenditure surveys of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

103.   In sharp contrast, the gift of life was the principle that took Judge to a fiery place of death.

104.   In sharp contrast, Twins right-hander Scott Radke dominated early.

105.   In the process, they offered a sharp contrast in both style and ideas.

106.   It can be a sharp contrast to formal oral testimony, so often coached by lawyers and crafted by selective memory.

107.   It certainly stands in sharp contrast to the tumbling poll numbers shown by Richard Nixon during the Watergate investigation that ultimately led to his resignation.

108.   It is a sharp contrast to enrollments in Russian studies elsewhere, which have plummeted since the end of the Cold War.

109.   It was a day of sharp contrast.

110.   It was a sharp contrast to the mood of the last AIDS meeting, in Vancouver two years ago.