Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ottis White, president of the optometrists,* attacked the Snellen chart as a crude test which ignores the way people actually use their eyes. "The new A.O.A. standard tests visual recognition-meaningful vision-rather than mere visual acuity," said Optometrist White. "It takes into account the many distinct skills involved in visual recognition, including light perception, contrast perception, resolving power, line perception and shape perception." The eyes of ordinary mortals could not detect these fine points; to them, the new chart looked like just a lot of heavily drawn figures...
After the rash of Kefauver-inspired moving pictures, it is a distinct pleasure to welcome a film which deals with some of the seamier sides of misdirected reform movements...
...year old coach was stricken with coronary thrombosis April 5. He spend four weeks at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and had been contined to his home since. His death, however, came as a distinct surprise as he appeared to be recovering...
Twenty three Crimson trackmen will enter the Heptagonal Championships Saturday at West Point Army is favored, with the Crimson a distinct underdog...
...first opera by Victor Yellin, '49, is a distinct disappointment considering the fine writing that is so evident in his other works. Prescription for Judy, his short one-act piece presented by the Musical Guild Sunday night, is purportedly an attempt to unite operatic form with the American language and the American scene. This is a fine idea, but the prescription lacks several important ingredients...