Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...centre. But the image thus presented was blurred, since it was seen in motion as it passed the light. Scientists Loomis & Harvey fixed the light so that it would flash on and off, each Hash coinciding with the reappearance of the cell beneath the lamp. Thus a series of distinct, clear pictures was presented-8,000 of them to the minute, so many that the eye could not detect the periods of darkness...
...readable chronicle of the 1920's you may be surprised at the number of events you had almost forgotten, more surprised to see that "the eleven years between the end of the War with Germany and the stockmarket panic which culminated on November 13, 1929" is "a distinct era in American history...
This indifference is most felt in the larger advanced courses where the professor cannot take the time to check up on the papers. The more elementary courses show a distinct contrast. In fact they may serve as an example. In History 1 all the doubtful papers are reread by a different instructor, and great care is taken that the difference in marking of the section men is compensated...
...study which leads to real understanding and ability to criticize. It is in fields such as the fine arts and modern languages that the advantages of really "general" examinations are greatest. But the introduction of the speculative type of question on divisionals in all fields would be a distinct improvement, in the Harvard educational system...
Last week the wheat market continued its upward surge in such a way as to make "Dollar Wheat" a distinct possibility. In fact "Dollar Wheat" was an actuality in the highest grades of grain. Montana Dark was taken for $1.01 in the Seattle pit. A fine hard variety brought $1 at Boise. The Pillsbury Flour Mills at Minneapolis paid $1.03 per bu. for No. i amber durum...