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...true of Zoe. In every point of the city you can, in turn, sleep, make tools, cook, accumulate gold, disrobe, reign, sell, question oracles. The traveler roams all around and has nothing but doubts he is unable to distinguish the features of the city, the features he keeps distinct in his mind also mingle...
Kimball points out that the alumni office is designed to be distinct from fundraising efforts, and she says it would "resist anyone interested in raising funds sponsoring an alumni college." Every alumni college is designed to break even, she says, and if it isn't self-supporting, it won't be offered...
Time to Relax. "There is a ready cheerfulness," Stewart cables, "quite distinct from Japanese reserve or Chinese reticence. Koreans are open, forthcoming and demanding. And while they tear down and rebuild, they also live comfortably among the signs and customs of 2,000 years. The grounds of Seoul's Kyongbok Palace in late spring are rich with blossoms. Korean men still like to relax and discuss the business of the day at a Kisaeng party, the Korean equivalent of a geisha soirée. Less contrived and artful than its Japanese counterpart, a Kisaeng party is a time...
...like "community leader" and "neighborhood" have become emotional euphemisms that affect readers in a manner producing a good guy vs. bad guy image and plays down the fact that Harvard does have a legitimate interest that may be different from those of neighbors. When this clash of separate and distinct interest occurs our system of decision-making demands that through creative conflict and compromise difference be resolved. In the Kennedy Library fight the "community" used every avenue available (but not compromise) and won that battle. In this present argument concerning the attempt to divert the Red Line down Mt. Auburn...
There is a distinct possibility that under the present unsettled conditions, the Angolan government may be unable to exercise control over multinational operations as they attempt to extract the oil, bauxite and iron ore. That is a worry common to many African governments because of their chronic instability, limited authority, and minimal revenues...