Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which has been in effect in most English-speaking countries for centuries and is not peculiar to California. You will note that the first section referred to makes the marriages mentioned "illegal and void.'' They are thus classed with incestuous and bigamous marriages and are distinct from those marriages which are merely voidable and which may be annulled and from those marriages which may be dissolved by a decree of divorce. In other words California does so mind these unions of Negro and white that she places them in the category of those which are against her public...
...Ireland is a distinct nation from Britain," President de Valera cabled to the South African Government which had asked him to modify his stand, and to other Dominions which advised him against tampering with the oath, Mr. de Valera was equally firm. Irish wits had to point out that the Free State Constitution has already been amended 17 times, roguishly referred to "our Eighteenth Amendment...
...theatre has a distinct advantage over the American stage in that the government grants it annually a considerable subsidy. The quality of the audiences is also better in Ireland...
Because of the inefficiency of some of the committees several of the Houses have been under a distinct disadvantage in their initial year. While the Lowell House Committee, for example, has been active in finding the wishes of House members and in effecting innovations, the committee in Eliot House has hardly made its existence known. It has been negligent in collection of money for the House fund, procuring contributions from some members and not even soliciting other students in the House; in minor matters it has shown little efficiency. The contrast between other of the seven committees is no less...
...making arrangements for representation of the various houses in its membership. But, despite the fact that all of the houses have men on the Council, the elected members are still chosen by their class and are supposedly representative of it. The decline of the importance of the classes as distinct social units which has been indicated in the discontinuance of the Junior Dance and the lack of interest in class elections, has become more pronounced with the evolution of the House Plan. It is only reasonable that members of the Student Council should cease to be elected by their classmates...