_________The word antithesis has appeared in 78 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 31 in “Hockey’s Fights and Handshakes? Stopped short, the Blackhawks could only watch as the victorious Vegas Golden Knights hugged out their five-game series win. Both teams then removed the gloves they had been wearing, lining up for the handshakes that hockey tradition demands. Cast in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the clustering and close-fought commotion of the N.H.L. playoffs might seem like the antithesis of best public health practices, a daily tutorial — a crash course — on how not to social distance.

Source: New York Times September 21, 2020 06:00 UTC