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Word: distinctive (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...better opportunities for making social contacts, for furthering friendships between tutors and students, and, in general, for presenting a ground on which previous barriers are modified through the routine of living. It is believed that the unwillingness of the student to sacrifice his traditional freedom will prevent a distinct trend of any kind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TODAY AND TOMORROW | 12/16/1930 | See Source »

Much of Copey's hold over his audience comes from his distinct personality. His gestures, slight inflections, and side comments, which are all a part of this personality, give his reading its individual stamp. The microphone cannot pick up these essential elements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COPEY ON THE AIR | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

...when scholars of a most advanced and complex science, after impaling human specimens for their study, induce, (it's largely a matter of induction, the scientific approach, no less), their findings cannot be gainsaid. The die is cast, Sophoclean fate has decreed, and the New England tetrology are distinct types, like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ONE AND THE MANY | 12/5/1930 | See Source »

...instructs: Identify yourself early and firmly with a national issue. Herbert Hoover's unique feat of getting elected on "American individualism" without ever letting his stand on any national issue be known, is not likely to be duplicated soon. Highly recommended as an issue this season is any distinct subhead of the Economic Situation. Senator Wag-ner of New York, himself hopeless as a candidate, has pre-empted the Unemployment subhead in the Senate for the time being but might be persuaded to share it with the right Democrat. His friend Governor Roosevelt has spoken for Unemployment Insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: How It's Done | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

...problem is solved at last. Yours again . . . always legal . . . (by the distinct provisions of Section 29 of the Prohibition Act*). . . . Absolute satisfaction or your money back. . . . Eight varieties: PORT, MUSCATEL. TOKAY. VIRGINIA DARE, CLARET. SAUTERNE, BURGUNDY, RIESLING. Five gallon keg: $14.75-Ten gallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Simply Remove the Bung | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

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