Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...managed to commit suicide, Stephen Auspitz pulled himself together, ordered sold at once for what it will bring his "priceless" collection of Italian paintings, feature of a loan exhibition in London last year. Explaining the bankruptcy of Auspitz, Lieben & Co., officials said that since 1924 they had made three distinct efforts to put the bank on its feet by speculation. They speculated against the French franc, were fooled and lost heavily when Raymond Poincare stabilized and rehabilitated the money of his country. Second they invested in Dutch industrials, lost more. Third they got in on the Wall Street boom, making...
...Yale the sport was adopted a year ago, and a distinct 150 pound squad with limited membership was organized. The team's schedule included principally games with preparatory schools and class teams, and numerals were awarded for participation in the intercollegiate game with Harvard. The one paid coach was aided by three undergraduate volunteers...
...problem new names, to classify it as sociological or a task for students of human relations, will not solve it. The Criminal Law Institute, frankly seeking the aid of other departments of the University, bids fair to turn out well-grounded and trained administrators who should be of distinct benefit to the communities in which they serve...
Because the late Dr. William T. Brigham, director of physical education at Harvard University, took measurements of some 2,000 Harvard students between 1870 and 1880, it has been possible by measuring later students to discover a distinct change in size, an evolutionary trend. Last week Gordon Townsend Bowles, graduate anthropology student, revealed results of his study of measurements of Harvard men, including figures for 400 pairs of fathers and sons-first such comparison thus to be made. Present day Harvard men. the figures show, are on the average eight pounds heavier than their fathers were. Their average height...
...such a place as McKinlock Hall is apt to find, when this is considered as a House, that his room next year will cost a hundred dollars or so more than previously, in spite of the fact that no improvements have been made during the Summer. This is a distinct disadvantage to the well-rounded development of the House Plan, as it prevents self-supporting students from voluntarily taking up residence in the new units...