Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many types of excuses have gone through distinct stages of popularity in recent memory. In the arena of malfeasance, for a while, childhood abuse was the excuse du jour. Then O.J. Simpson helped reinvigorate racial disadvantage as a form of pardon. Now, as the president struggles to conceal his criminal culpability behind the right to privacy, a new excuse for the common man's ineptitude has been ensconced...
...definitely had two distinct roles," she said...
...sought means of getting back to the extra-world that made him. What was a usable scientific rationale for him became a new way to understand space for others. If the young temporarily grow old out there, then space is for the ageless, and the old hero becomes a distinct possibility...
...interview, Tribe said he thought the performance and art in general can spur public dialogue. "It's possible for art to provoke dialogue about public matters whether the art expresses...a distinct view...or tends to raise questions rather than answers," Tribe said...
...Barnicle? Considering the distinct lack of humor in the columnist's August 2 column, perhaps his two-month hiatus could be spent looking for better jokes to steal...