To be sure, the party contrasts are muddled in some areas.
The overheard party contrasts with the quiet listeners and the bodiless line "having the voices of their friends around for lunch" helps define their melancholy.
"This is Muthaiga, not Korogocho," she angrily told the crowd of diplomats and other notables at the party, contrasting the plush neighborhood where she lives with one of Nairobi's sprawling slums.
A lover of music, literature and art, she and other central Europeans recreated the world they had been forced to leave, the Cosmo café on Finchley Road, north London, the Czech club, concerts and parties contrasting greatly with the drab postwar society around them.
Mr Cameron and his party, by contrast, remain a clear and present threat.
Labour, the main opposition party, by contrast received a dismal 25%.
The Labour party, by contrast, wants to finish the business of Butler.
The minority party, in contrast, has to struggle to be relevant.
Late in the afternoon, Trump's party, by contrast, seemed darker, sadder.
Gareth Pugh's party, by contrast, catered more to women in space-age costumes.
He argued that "a third party, in contrast, can take a long-range approach — running candidates with no intention of immediate victory".
