Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whereas, I've read a "distinct" report...
...coast most of us were thinking of flak. But Bolzoni's mind was racing back over many isolated little memories. Over Rome, Bolzoni, who had learned the map of the city by heart, thought he saw the Vatican off to the left. This conjured up a very distinct evening when he was 14 years old and his older sister came back from a trip to Italy and described Rome to the family. They were in the living room of their Bristol home. He was sitting on a footstool looking into his sister's face. She was sitting...
...second great development was the war between the North and the South that had not yet reached the stage of battle. The third was not entirely distinct: it was the literary and political rivalry with England that grew with the increasing self-confidence of America. All the conflicts were tense and some of them were bitter. In this stormy period, Rufus Griswold made...
Until President Roosevelt's message last week the underground has been handicapped by the failure of the Allies to give definite assurances (as distinct from generalities) that the primary accomplishment of invading troops will be the crushing of the Fascist Party (as distinct from the Italian people). The President's words gave those assurances while Fascist guns and those of Germany still keep Italy in line. But they were unlikely to precipitate an immediate revolt...
Always Anxious. Ingenious, productive, well-organized and still comparatively well-fed, the Swedes believe they can come out of World War II with distinct advantages over other small European nations. Some Swedish newspapers have a fondness for saying: "Swedish industry will win the peace." But the Norwegians, for whom the Swedes have a sincere respect and sympathy, have already shown a leaning toward Britain rather than toward a Pan Nordic bloc in which Sweden would be the largest power. The Swedes admire and respect the fighting qualities of the Finns and have done everything but go to war to keep...