Starker

[ shtahr-ker ]

/ ˈʃtɑr kər /

Ja·nos

[yah-nawsh], /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/, 1924–2013, U.S. cellist, born in Hungary.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

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It was a bold, more overt, starker sense of humor level than they have had in the past.
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And we saw it this week in starker relief than we usually do.
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The contrast with those entrusted with the campaign could not have been starker.
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"There couldn't be a starker contrast," Axelrod said, slamming what he called Romney's "backwards-looking" approach.
Democrats Hit Romney on Marriage|Howard Kurtz|May 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The difference in approach has become all the starker as the financial crisis bites in the U.S.
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Johnson's operations and his premises were so diminutive that for Winny—after Starker's—the descent seemed awful.
The Combined Maze|May Sinclair
He gave that up, and began to haunt the door in Starker's iron shutter at closing-time.
The Combined Maze|May Sinclair
At Starker's there was always a chance of something happening.
The Combined Maze|May Sinclair
After six weeks of it she began to long secretly for Starker's Millinery Saloons.
The Combined Maze|May Sinclair
She had got another situation at Starker's, in the millinery department.
The Combined Maze|May Sinclair