Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite their distinct agendas, some Black students sought support from activist groups that were primarily white. The African and Afro-American Association of Students (AAAAS), the forerunner of the Black Students' Association (BSA), appareled for help from the predominantly white Students for a Democratic Society...
Hearing the first few minutes of The Division Bell, the new album by Pink Floyd that stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard charts for four weeks, a listener has a distinct sense of deja vu. Mysterious rumbling noises on Cluster One, the first song, set a cosmic tone, and then comes What Do You Want from Me, with its languid beat and spare, spaced-out ambiance. It all seems reminiscent of the band's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon, which sold more than 15 million copies and stayed on Billboard's Top 200 album chart...
...century. In general whites, regardless of where they come from and what their history has been, because they are white,can opt out of their ethnicities. People of color cannot, being constantly reminded by the larger society who they "really" are. Consequently, the experience of currently-marginalized groups stands distinct from that of European immigrants who were once similarly marginalized...
Catherine Patterson, a Dunster House tutor,says there may be some overlap, but that overallher role and those of the concentration advisorsserve distinct functions...
...Tripp and I] has such distinct styles outthere; I don't know how tough it was for everyoneto adjust to us on a night-to-night basis," hesaid...