Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...horse races, however, there are one or two alleviating circumstances which ma revive hope in the breasts of such faint patriots as are beginning to finger their wallets with uneasy smiles. The most important point of all is that Papyrus--correctly accented on the penult--will be under a distinct handicap in facing outside his native haunts. Why this should be so, aside from climatic reasons, is difficult to say; but it is a rule which seems to hold in almost every form of sport. Some of the most illuminating examples of the truth of this statement...
...annual fall sculling regatta, consisting of races in three distinct classes, will be held next week on Wednesday and Thursday, October 24 and 25. The purpose is to give men of less experience an opportunity to win a race over men with the same amount of experience The wherry race is open to men who have never rowed a comp or a single and is meant especially for the inexperienced men. The comp race is open to all men who have never rowed a single and the last class is the open race, an unlimited event in which anyone...
...automotive industry. From comprising only 10% of the output of the industry in 1919, this type of car now represents 35% of annual production. Motor car leaders attribute this striking increase in closed models principally to their greater comfort in poor weather,their greater cleanliness at all times, their distinct economy in the long run, their generally better appearance. The increasing tendency for state officials to keep the main highways open the year round is also held to have stimulated the buying of closed cars...
This reproduction of the metallic tints in the feathers, of birds is also regarded as a distinct but minor advance ornithology, The process is based upon the utilization of light reflected through properly colored transparent media, upon which characteristic feathering is traced...
Such is the material which Mr. Hagedorn builds together into one volume, and, from the right placing of this material, brings about the charm and success of the book as a distinct unit...