Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when he was only 21, wrote out one that made him both rich and famous: Keep the Home Fires Burning. It caught the ear of the marching men, and they sang it into history as one of the most popular songs of all time-to the distinct discomfiture of Novello's regular publisher, who rejected...
...have the very distinct impression that the first man in World War II to win the Congressional Medal was a Negro aboard one of the ships at Pearl Harbor when the Japs attacked. Did I dream it, or did a Negro perform one of the outstanding feats of heroism at Pearl Harbor? If I didn't dream it, who was the man, and where can I find the details of what happened and what honors the man received...
...Oxford was the meet's other double winner with easy wins in the 220 and 440. Stacey won by four yards over teammate Jim Wilkinson in the shorter race, and an hour later ran away from Ed Grutzner in the stretch of the 440. Grutzner's 50.1 was a distinct disappointment...
...result of the continuing losses has been the unofficial but actual transition of the H.A.A. from a distinct division of the University administration to merely a department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This change is indirectly noted by a recent Alumni Bulletin article which emphasized that Provost Buck as Dean of the Faculty, not the Director of Athletics, is responsible for athletic deficits...
...probably made distinct contributions in more branches of law--public, corporation, unfair competition, equity and freedom of speech--than any other man," Chafee remarked...