Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dartmouth heart-surgery study is one of the few that attempts to tease apart the effects of social support and religious conviction. Patients were asked separate sets of questions about their participation in social groups and the comfort they drew from faith. The two factors appeared to have distinct benefits that made for a powerful combination. Those who were both religious and socially involved had a 14-fold advantage over those who were isolated or lacked faith...
...couple of decades ago, Tin Pan Alley moved to the South and changed its name to Nashville. There the division of musical labor still largely applied: singers sang and songwriters wrote. In the past few years one distinct author's voice has emerged from the throats of Martina McBride (Independence Day), Patty Loveless (You Don't Even Know Who I Am) and Trisha Yearwood (On a Bus to St. Cloud). The composer is Gretchen Peters, and her own first album, The Secret of Life (Imprint), offers 10 fresh reasons to elect her to the country songwriter's Hall of Fame...
...with the value of a college education but with the other side of the equation--the idea that if college is going to be "another name for opportunity," then it should be open to everyone with ability and ambition, irrespective of ability to pay. In that regard, a distinct erosion has taken place...
Recently, the club seemed to increase the emphasis on its political activism at a board meeting in May when club members Veronica Terriquez '97 and Richard Mora '99 proposed the formation of a distinct political committee within the club...
...reunion biographies show, we've made up our lives as we've gone along, living several distinct episodes since 1946 rather than following one linear narrative. Only the most determined classmate stayed on her professional course...