Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doctors recognize it as a common and distinct disease. It is high time they did, writes Dr. Alvarez in the current issue of Geriatrics. And when Dr. Alvarez speaks, doctors listen respectfully, for the immensely popular Mayo man is one of the shrewdest diagnosticians...
...moneymaker in England. But the U.S. will have to wait to see it. Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much "cleavage" (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress' bosom into two distinct sections). The British, who have always considered bare legs more sexy than half-bare breasts, are resentfully reshooting several costly scenes...
...flour to hogs! . . . Farmers [are] forced to purchase large quantities of wheat flour in order to buy feed for their livestock. We have in our office signed statements from farmers and retailers alike testifying to the situation. So far, there has been no OPA action, although it is a distinct violation of laws forbidding dual purchases...
Friends of labor, like Senators Scott Lucas and Joseph Ball, had asked for a new deal in fundamentals. Said Oregon's liberal Senator Wayne Morse, onetime member of the War Labor Board: "We . . . should write into law a distinct policy regarding labor and strikes. The time has come for us to take a stand to settle this question once and for all." The Senate might even be in a mood to restore the Case bill's teeth...
...chronicle of these events called F.Y.I, (meaning For Your Information, as distinct from For Publication) arrives weekly at the desk of everybody in TIME Inc. It is an informal, six-page, single-spaced, photo-offset bulletin put out without benefit of slick paper or inspirational messages from the officers of this corporation...