Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...roll out a new Cadillac tailored for the age of rising gasoline costs: it will be 1,000 Ibs. lighter, 2 ft. shorter and almost 1 ft. narrower than today's four-door, 5,100-lb. Calais De-Ville. In addition, GM is planning to reduce its five distinct body styles to two or three. The company's eight engine varieties may be cut to four (one four-cylinder, two sixes and a basic...
...thought and disguise from us the real meaning of what we want to say. But Fairlie is quick to differ with the author of "Politics and the English Language,""I have never been impressed with that essay," he writes, explaining that the politician is entitled to a language distinct from that employed by the man of letters, by Schlesinger's men of the "true word." The language of politics must be flexible enough to enable the politician to perform his essential role, which is obtaining a consensus from the disparate groups in society. "It is the task of the politician...
Mayer said the role played by the U.S. in the November World Food Conference in Rome displayed a distinct lack of leadership...
HAVING A SCHOOL of economics as a father is probably very difficult. As the son of the famous iconoclast economist Milton Friedman, David Friedman most likely faces great obstacles in establishing a distinct and separate reputation. Especially since he has chosen to write on the same subjects. But for David this will not be much of a problem. He writes with more than enough radicalism to build an independent reputation and make his father turn red (if that's possible...
...Jackson was not a bad team," McCarthy said, "but they had trouble with our press, and we had a distinct height advantage...