Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sets Friedberg was after had to possess an infinite number of distinct properties. But in the construction of the sets, the assigning of one property often interfered with the assigning of another. Friedberg overcame the difficulty by arranging the properties in a priority list and resolving all interferences in favor of the properties standing higher on the list. After four months, he found the two sets he was looking for. Though laymen could hardly be expected to appreciate the virtues of his solution, his seniors in the field were dazzled. One professor at the University of California asked to include...
...existing law undertakes to regulate two distinct types of pressure group activity. First is approaching Congress members in Washington, which comes under the purview of the Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946. This law requires the registration of "legislative representatives" and the publicizing of their expenses and backers. While this Act has not worked perfectly, it probably cannot be changed for the better. Congress is unable to abolish the lobby because the First Amendment guarantees interest groups the right to petition legislators...
...evolution takes place through natural selection rather than with tracing the ancestry of man. Hurzeler's theory, Howells says, does not disprove the belief of Darwin and of modern scientists that men and apes probably had a common ancestry. The theory merely asserts that man and ape separated into distinct species more than 10,000,000 years ago instead of more recently, as was formerly believed, Howells said...
...Brazilian President, he looks even younger, with catlike grace and glowing vigor. His smile rivals French Actor Fernandel's in expanse. He loves society parties, especially if there is dancing. Tangos and slow foxtrots are his favorites, but he can samba with the lightest-footed-showing a distinct preference for pretty partners. At a ball a few years ago, the late President Getulio Vargas jokingly asked Kubitschek why he didn't ask some homely women to dance. "I do, Mr. President," he quipped, "but only during an election campaign...
...THINK there is a very definite and distinct limit to what this country can charge its taxpayers over an extended period. I think that it gets right back into what makes a democracy tick, and into what is the difference between a free country and a slave state...