Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the start it was evident that Rodgers and hart were distinct from most songwriters. Rodgers' music was occasionally schmalzy, but above all it was always beautifully melodious. Larry Hart's words were clever and sophisticated; yet they always seemed somehow to be in a spirit of light-hearted naivete. Perhaps the best that can be said is that their talents blended perfectly. Whatever the reasons, the public acclaimed Rodgers and Hart...
Copey was not a professor teaching a crowd in a classroom. He was a very distinct person in a unique relationship with each individual who interested...
...Princetonian didn't really have to mention the plant, since undergraduates guessed that it was there anyhow. On days when the wind is southeasterly, and the weather damp, Princeton men have found that a moist handkerchief over the nose is a distinct help in getting about...
...reading the excellent and interesting article on T. S. Eliot [TIME, March 6], I came across a number of lines and phrases that seemed familiar. By the time I finished the article, I had the distinct impression that TIME had made rather extensive use of our recently published book T. S. Eliot: A Symposium. This is a Festschrift gathered together on the occasion of Mr. Eliot's 60th birthday by Richard March and Tambi-muttu...
...kept the rubber ballot-with one significant change. Formerly, soft rubber balls were used; since they made no sound, it was a true variation of the secret ballot. Now, hard rubber balls are used; though they drop noiselessly, rumor has spread among Yugoslavs that they fall with a distinct "plop!", and that anyone who does not choose the Titoist list proclaims himself as publicly as a medieval leper with a bell...