Word: distinctive
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...exploded into being 20 billion years ago and grew by way of gravity's tug, they postulate a cosmos trillions of years old and shaped not by gravity but by electricity and magnetism. Their evidence comes mainly from lab experiments showing that electromagnetic forces can pull hot gases into distinct structures. Most astrophysicists dismiss this idea, but alternative schemes offered by mainstream thinkers are almost as wild. Many groups are exploring the idea that the Big Bang created strange energy formations, largely undetectable in the cosmic background radiation, variously dubbed cosmic strings, global textures or cosmological constants...
...convicted of crimes; the others are awaiting trial for acts ranging from the importation of explosives to the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. Perez de Cuellar signaled that the release of any of these prisoners would not be considered; he called them a "legal problem," as distinct from the "political problem" of the hostages...
...succeed, and they are . scattered from the Middle East through Europe and North America. This exfoliating network of malcontents also has access to a fearsome means of getting the U.S. and what remains of the Soviet Union back at each other's throats, with nuclear conflagration as a distinct and concluding possibility...
More and more shoppers have awakened to the scope of the deception and reacted with disgust and contempt for product labels. Fully 40% of consumers claim they are highly skeptical of what they read on the packages in their grocery carts. And medical experts see a distinct danger in the muddled messages. "For someone with chronic heart disease, hypertension or diabetes, the current manufacturers' labels can be downright dangerous," says Gail Levey, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. People with high blood pressure, for example, should be wary of falling for Stouffer's Lean Cuisine, which proudly boasts "Never...
...women's studies, Thernstrom says he is doubtful that it constitutes a distinct discipline. He says "men and women are inseparable. I am dubious about a segregated program, but I did support it initially...