Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fencing with only six men instead of the usual nine, the UConns were at a distinct disadvantage. Members of the team had to double up in weapons and face the same Harvard opponent several times...
Unfortunately, many a foreigner gets the distinct impression that the U.S. would rather he stayed home...
...other NATO powers knew that the time was coming when West Germany-which already possesses the knowhow to make cheap, do-it-yourself A-bombs-might also insist on an independent atomic force. This is a prospect that even the majority of Germans regard without enthusiasm and which raises distinct hackles on other NATO necks, most notably Britain...
...editorial face of the Trib were not always his doing; indeed, White generally skipped the editorial conferences about what to put on Page One as well as the daily conferences about what to say on the editorial page. Said White last week: "I came here with the distinct possibility of staying on permanently. It worked out the other...
...well. I have spent fifty-four years trying to learn English and I find I still have recourse to the dictionary almost every day. English.' I said, warming a little to my subject, 'is incomparably the richest language in the world. There are two or three quite distinct words to express every concept, and each has a subtle difference of nuance.' This clearly was not quite what was required. Consternation was plainly written on all the faces . . . 'What Mr. Waugh means,' said the teacher, 'is that English is very simple really. You will...