The sweet sound provided a striking counterpoint to the grinding sound of the groggers blotting out Haman's name.

But Mr. Vander Zalm, in common with many of his province's 2.5 million citizens, offers a striking counterpoint.

Calmly earnest, impeccably groomed, and carefully studied, Craig Viasanto couldn't have been a more striking counterpoint to Angus Scalia.

Clad in cold gray slate, for instance, the underground atrium is a striking counterpoint to the heavenly glass walls above.

One ad offered a striking counterpoint to the furious anti-Westernism of the call-in program.

Their brilliant apparel served as a striking counterpoint to the elegant, black coat and tails of the other gentlemen.

His exquisite neurosis makes a striking counterpoint to Michael Gambon's earthy and barely combed Harrison, who always looks as if something is unbuttoned somewhere.

At a time when many whites grumble openly about their anxieties under black rule, Ms. Gordimer offers a striking counterpoint.

The actor's virility, however, serves as a striking counterpoint to the character's cowardice.

And in a striking counterpoint to the administration's new rule, the department won a landmark victory two weeks ago in federal court against an Ohio Edison plant in Jefferson County, Ohio.