Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senator from Colorado has several distinct advantages over his opponent as a general election contender His public personal is not yet cast in stone. Overall, his record on traditional Democratic issues is good, though not as sterling as the former Vice-President's. He still has an opportunity to reach out to the poor and the unemployed and prove his liberal credentials. Faced with the alternative of Hart or Reagan, their choice would be clear...
Nevertheless, in the aftermath of the Illinois primary Mondale may have regained the upper hand, if not front-runner status. Even though his general election prospects look bleak, he retains a distinct advantage in the upcoming weeks of balloting. The next two major campaign events, in New York and Pennsylvania, are closed primaries, which leave independents locked out of the voting booth. Victories in both of these states would give Mondale a significant delegate lead and leave Hart struggling to catch up in the relative dearth of big events between Pennsylvania on April 10th and the Texas caucuses...
...Never has the council been unable to begin one if its regularly scheduled meetings due to the lack of a quorum. I think that being unable to summon more than 21 members to the begining of a meeting is qualitatively distinct from being two members...
Sung was been thirty-five years ago in Shanghai to one of China's wealthiest and most aristocratic families. The literal translation of his given Mandarin Chinese name Sung Wang Moon, is "a door in the clouds." It is a phrase which could easily be used to describe the distinct of focus in the designer's clean and sophisticated apparel and accessories...
...district includes three distinct sections: the traditionally Democratic blue-collar New Bedford area, which still depends on commercial fishing for much of its livelihood; the more conservative and more elderly constituency on Cape Cod; and the affluent liberal suburbs to the southeast of Boston...