Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Roller coasters come in two distinct species: wooden and metal. The wooden coasters, contemporary versions of rides of old, are strong, flexible and durable, but they look rickety, thus adding to the terror. Their clacking and creaking are built in, and serve to heighten the sensation of speed...
...Ironically, what has effectively happened is that the student recommendation was followed after all," Adams said. The post of choral director will only be distinct from the position of lecturer on Music for one year, however...
...Green Line stops have some distinct personality and bear checking out. The line is a good bet for a safe return on that quarter investment, although here, as on the other lines, you have to ante up a quarter more past a certain distance...
...changes they were to face personally, professionally and politically, Harvard was a very different school. Local merchants advertised grey flannel suits on sale for $39.95; Crimson editors annually elected a Miss Radcliffe from each freshman class. Although most upper-level courses were already coeducational, Harvard and Radcliffe were two distinct schools. Women were allowed into newly-opened Lamont Library only at specific hours and in specific rooms. Men could only entertain female guests in their rooms until 8 p.m. and had to check their visitors in and out with a House guard...
...executive of General Motors ($950,000 including bonus and stock options). Does it mean that society feels that what is good enough for the nation is not nearly good enough for GM? Hardly. The disparity can be tracked not to some hidden spectrum of social values but to two distinct systems of compensation. In business, pay levels are established by clear criteria toward the equally clear purpose of increasing production and profit; by and large, the system rewards most those most crucial to fulfilling that purpose. On the other hand, in government, which serves perennially disputed purposes-with results beyond...