Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first impression is that of quantity. Cartons piled to the roof, boxes and cases of rare spices and sauces which barely put in their appearance in the family larder all fill the eye. Then gradually a few details become clear. There is a distinct impression of a close trinity of material--tile, wood, and iron. Tile walls and floor glistening white view with wetly scrubbed tables marked by the deep scars of many knives, while both stand in contrast to the sombre mass of iron stoves and pots, worn, rubbed and fiercely...
Boas wrote, in a letter to TIME in 1936: "The assumption of the biological homogeneity of any race is a fiction. Every race contains many family strain? which are biologically distinct. . . . The physiological and psychological behavior of the individual depends only in part upon his hereditary characteristics. These differ widely within every population and are strongly overlaid by outer, cultural influences which modify the hereditary traits. . . . Personality cannot be assumed to be determined by the so-called racial groups ... but is a matter that must be determined individually...
...might be said that the Crimson skaters would have trouble against the Terriers at the Boston Arena at 7:45 o'clock tonight. But in view of the Eli debacle, the Chasemen, victors by overwhelming margins in their first three contests, must be conceded a distinct edge...
...Three Armies. In actual fighting there are two armies opposed to the Japs, with two distinct ways of fighting. The Australians, undoubtedly the most experienced jungle fighters in the United Nations forces, have the knowledge to beat the Jap but have been fighting bitterly now for three months, twice across the Owen Stanley Mountains, and are tired and battered in everything but spirit. The Americans are comparatively fresh, probably much fresher than the Japs, but this is their baptism by fire, and no tougher baptism could be imagined...
...soldiers sent back to college for further training took up a large part of the evening. Recognizing the fact that the army will not probably allow the colleges much leeway in the matter of subject material, the forum discussed the form that the subject might take, considering as a distinct possibility a super-synthesis of the best that any one field could offer