Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...before the trial began) evidently concluded that Colonel Giffin was a drinker but not a drunkard, set him back from No. 611 to 711 in the current list of 962 lieutenant colonels, left him in the army, eligible for his pension next year. Said Colonel Giffin: "It is a distinct moral victory. . . . I do not feel any animosity toward Lieut. Smith. He just followed his natural instincts." Shortly afterward, another reservist in Manhattan exercised the privileges of any citizen, filed a report asking whether Lieut. Smith should be dismissed...
...committee with Chairman Leo Crowley of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Economic Adviser Cyril Upham of the Treasury for the specific purpose of rearranging and simplifying bank examinations and investment policies. Arrayed with Mr. Diggs are Messrs. Crowley and Upham. Mr. Eccles is a distinct minority. When the committee sends its report to President Roosevelt Mr. Eccles will probably send a report too. Mr. Roosevelt will then have to decide between stiff bank control and easy money...
Since 1933 some scientists have left Germany, others have stayed there and kept quiet, and still others have chimed in with the Nazi idea that German science should be distinct from the brands of science in evidence elsewhere. A most outspoken and articulate defender of Nazi scientific ideology is crusty old Professor Johannes Stark, head of the German Bureau of Standards, an able physicist who won a Nobel Prize in 1919 for his discovery of the "Stark effect" (splitting of spectrum lines when a glowing gas is subjected to a strong electrical field), and his studies of "canal rays" (beams...
...opening of the spring opera season (seven weeks) at Covent Garden. As in past seasons, the roster of singers included several names familiar to audiences at Manhattan's Metropolitan, among them Lotte Lehmann, Kerstin Thorborg and Lauritz Melchior. Season's repertory, as at the Metropolitan, showed a distinct accent on German opera, with two complete cycles of Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen as its main feature. Whipping performances into shape were a staff of internationally famed conductors, including Germany's Wilhelm Furtwangler, Austria's Erich Kleiber, Italy's Vittorio...
Usually the most interesting game of the year, yesterday's contest by reason of its one-sidedness, proved a distinct disappointment. Perhaps the greatest features were the umpiring of Abeles and Cutting, the onlooking of Buel and Burlingame, and the general obnoxious prominence of Evarts...