Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interesting accompaniment to these tremors was a marked southward tilting of the ground early Saturday evening, while, from about 9 o'clock on, a distinct swing back toward the north took place...
...There is no doubt in my mind that American jazz is a distinct international idiom, and that the work of such geniuses as George Gershwin and Ferde Grofe will establish this fact," said Paul Whiteman to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday, in his suite in Symphony Hall...
...summa cum laude in English, I advise him to study the requirements for a degree in any literature, ancient or modern, and to read the examinations set for those concentrating in such fields. This applies with equal force to all fields in which General Examinations are given, with the distinct purpose of testing ability to coordinate and compare the varied features of several periods of history or several divisions of human knowledge...
...latch string obligato at the organ recital yesterday afternoon has left many persons with a distinct distaste for Harvard concerts manners. Five o'clock in the afternoon is late enough so that most of the audience should not be prevented by academic activities from prompt arrival. Other occupations may actually detain a few but the large majority at these recitals owe a discourteous and noisy tardiness to nothing more serious than pre-prandial intertia...
Harvard, to be sure, is none too powerful. The Crimson has a strong running and lateral passing attack, but lacks the forward passing threat that is essential to make the running offense a distinct success. It is fairly easy to come up and stop running plays when you know your opponents can't complete forwards...