Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pappy? Unlike most comic artists, Capp seems to attract readers in well-defined layers, each stratum as distinct as the segments of a pousse-café. Not all of them love him-some of the most virulent prose of the last decade has come from outraged Abner readers who have written to complain that he is undermining 1) the U.S. mind, 2) the nation's morals or 3) the Constitution itself...
...your groping for an . . . adjective to describe Senator Maybank's accent [TIME, Sept. 11 ], you made a poor choice in "molasses." Since he is a Charleston aristocrat, his speech is better described as a brogue, sharp, distinct, and staccato...
...present, the group's largest task is a two million dollar high school in Worcester. Next comes a one million dollar school in Attleboro, and, further down the list in size, a number of homes in the distinct tradition of the firm...
...field are just as tough as their troops. Many of them have had extensive Communist political indoctrination; and, judged from battle performance, must have had excellent military training. The North Korean soldiers themselves range in age from 16 to 30 or slightly over. They are divided into three distinct classes. The first includes regular army troops who have been training under Russian direction since 1946. These make up the bulk of the crack 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions (now northwest of Taegu). Next are troops who had served before with the Chinese Communist armies. They are well-trained and possibly...
...fission type used to date, as distinct from the fusion or hydrogen bomb, which has not yet been made...