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When the Miss USA pageant takes place in Wichita this week, the smart money will be on the contestants from Texas and California. These young women, Stephanie Kuehne and Cynthia Nelson, both 22, may have a distinct advantage over the rest of the field. They have been groomed, draped and polished by two Texans, Richard Guy and Rex Holt, whose Lone Star protegees have walked away with the Miss USA crown five years...
...myopic person, Asian-Americans are different from other Americans--members of a distinct, foreign group rather than individuals on equal standing with others...
...Wellesley women divide the riders into two distinct groups: a "Harvard group" of bus riders and an "MIT group." To which group people belong depends on whom you know at each college. But most of the women who got off at the Harvard stop say they just want to catch the T to get into to Boston. They say they really had to know someone to go to a Harvard party, which isn't nescessary at MIT frats...
...From the two discussions that I have held ((with him)), this has been my distinct impression. There are many things that he said and did which convinced me that this is a man I could do business with...
...classic structure, Oldsmobile designed, built and marketed autos that were distinct from the other car divisions' products. Now Oldsmobile no longer builds its own cars and contributes little to the design and engineering. For all practical purposes, Oldsmobile is only a marketing division whose purpose is to sell cars made by BOC. "The responsibility for manufacturing a car is about as far from the people who sell it as you can possibly get," says Manhattan auto analyst Maryann Keller. "One of the most poignant things lost in the reorganization was the loyalty of individuals to brands. People missed being part...