Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Endorsed "the practice of artificial insemination by a donor (as distinct from the husband) for childless couples provided that "it is in harmony with the beliefs of the couple and the doctor." Members of the American Society for the Study of Sterility had previously avoided taking such a policy stand, although most (excluding Roman Catholics) use the technique freely. Now they voted, 79 to 8, that it is "a completely ethical, moral and desirable form of medical therapy...
These two works--the first informal, current and American, the second formal, historical, and Japanese--represent distinct poles in Reischauer's career. For he is a scholar constantly concerned with current problems, a former government consultant who remained at all times an "academician" and a thoroughly American varsity tennis player with an almost intuitive understanding of his birthplace, Japan...
There are many ways in which the yearbook could better have described the Harvard scene. More attention could have been paid to the dividers between the book's sections. While a few are fairly good photographically, none are particularly meaningful in terms of the life of Harvard College, as distinct from Any College. Instead of wasting full pages on organizations which meet once or twice a year and are interesting only to their own members, the same space could have been used for, say, a well-illustrated feature article on the problem of keeping Harvard what...
...Alan Broughton, the author of the best story in the Review, comes much closer to good form in his three-part story of death on a farm, as seen by a small timid, and asthmatic boy. All of Broughton's characters are distinct; his descriptions are fine; and his point comes across without didactic elaboration. His dramatic tension is unusual for college writing, although he leans slightly on an episodic organization...
...last week's concert, Oberlin College's Finney Chapel turned into a thrumming, humming place, where the music was sometimes strong and distinct (Bach, arranged for 20 harps), sometimes mysteriously vague (Debussy, arranged for five harps), sometimes murmurous like the sea (Salzedo's own Fraicheur, for 54 harps). When it was over, the audience applauded enthusiastically. One observer noted that even the older performers looked young. Harp Master Salzedo had the answer: "Most harpists are young or look young. I have known only one old harpist, and she was not good. Harp keeps them young...