Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...side and not the democratic process. Students who want grapes in the dining halls will all vote "yes" while students who wish to maintain the boycott will have five different options to choose from. The "no" vote will be split five ways, giving the "yes" side a distinct and unfair advantage. I would suggest as an alternative that there be an initial referendum giving students just two choices--a "yes" or a "no" to ending the boycott on grapes. If the "no" side wins, then perhaps there could be a second referendum, allowing students to choose among the five different...
Those at the forefront of the debate about managed care had distinct views on what they see as a system in which patient care is subordinated to profit margins...
...tale of infidelity and voodoo in the Louisiana bayous, but graciously hands the story to the the film's lesser known actresses, including Debbi Morgan as a clairvoyant haunted by her powers and Jurnee Smollett as his precocious daughter. Director and writer Kasi Lemmons, herself an actress, demonstrates a distinct maturity in this dark, hypnotic tale...
...Bosserts have been active in shaping residential life at the College through practice and policy. They were stalwart opponents of the randomized housing policy implemented in 1996, which critics feared would lead to the end of distinct House characters...
...preferences have gone nowhere in Congress. Affirmative-action foes won big in California last year with Proposition 209, but that victory has turned out to be difficult to repeat in other states. The federal judiciary, however, is proving far more receptive. Two years ago, the Supreme Court showed a distinct willingness to strike down minority-business set-aside programs. And in Hopwood v. Texas, a challenge to affirmative action at the University of Texas Law School, a federal appeals court held that race cannot be used as a factor in admissions...