Word: distinctions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...most visible exiles remain the Nicaraguans, and along with their bank accounts they have brought a distinct brand of right-wing politics. As they mingle in South Florida society, they become the sad spokesmen of old allegiances and lost causes. "Juan Carlos," an exile who once ran a match factory in Nicaragua, now commutes from Honduras to Miami in search of funds for his guerrilla forays into his old homeland. "What they are doing is putting on a road show that they hope someone will see and support," says a veteran political exile. "The Bay of Pigs was born...
Although the movement that feeds this violence is still minuscule, membership in groups with a distinct neo-Nazi ideology jumped from 1,400 to 1,800 in the past year, according to federal officials. Paradoxically, the increase is occurring at a time when political support for right-wing extremist groups has plummeted. The Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (N.P.D.), the only legal ultraright party, won 1.4 million votes, or 4.3% of the total, in 1969. In last year's national elections, it polled an alltime...
...common cold is in fact caused by 200 or so distinct viruses...
Play it Again Sam [Harvard Square]: There are two distinct periods in Woody Allen's career. In the first, the bright red period, his vision was of the nebbish as a nebbish. In the second, the mauve and chartreuse period, it was the nebbish as an artist. Play it Again Sam is probably his best effort of the bright red period. In this latter day Casablanca scenario, Allen is a movie-going Prufrock who longs to be Bogie. Diane Keaton plays her patented delectable goof role, and cuts an unlikely Ingrid Bergman figure. You must love a movie with lines...
...Area as a bargaining unit, the union finally gained the right to hold an election. Harvard lawyers argued that all University secretaries and technicians had the same community of interest; the union contended that because of the Med Area's location downtown, its clerical and technical personnel had distinct interests. Following three years of procedural twists and turns, the federal National Labor Relations Board ruled in District 65's favor, declaring that the Med Area did in fact compose an appropriate bargaining unit...