Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such a moratorium would show the world that the United States' desire for peace is more than a meaningless mass of words. It would be a concrete gesture for an abandoning of bombtesting and possibly for a distinct turn towards developing the atom for peace, and would raise the United States in the estimation of those countries who view her as something considerably less than a world-peace symbol...
...Indian ruggers scored four tries (rugby's touchdowns) against the Crimson, and they left the distinct impression that it would only have cost a little energy to score several more. They ran faster, tackled harder, passed better, and even showed a sounder knowledge of which rules they could safely break...
Outplayed as the losers were, they did show a distinct desire to keep the score down. At the start the defense was sloppy, but in the second half the Crimson was fighting hard, and playing better than it had previously this season. Harvard-Dartmouth Football Game Data H D First downs 13 10 Rushing yardage 207 46 Passing yardage 21 125 Passes attempted 8 16 Passes completed 3 8 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 6 6 Ave. dist. of punts, yds. 42 41 Number of fumbles 3 2 Fumbles lost 0 1 Number of penalties 5 2 Yards penalized...
...obvious solution would seem to be a special advisorial system to treat foreigners as distinct men with their own particular problems. Advisors could be assigned to make periodic checks on each foreign student. Such a system would not be "babying" the foreigner, but merely providing for his special needs...
...indeed be required, at least ten years, perhaps 15, to convert the economic-union dream into working reality. A few weeks ago few would have predicted that the dream was feasible at all. After last week's discussion, however, Harold Macmillan's vision could be rated a distinct possibility...