Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...early Japanese cards in the collection, called "Karuta", were probably first introduceed into that country by the Portuguese navigators of the Middle Ages. The other Oriental games, including the playing sticks of Korea and the paper discs and dominoes of China, are a distinct species from those of the West. The East Indian cards are likewise different, consisting mostly of pictures of the various incarnations of the Hindu gods
...distinct Harvard atmosphere permeates the board of officers of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, every one of the men on the present board having taken a degree at the University...
...dead days when King Cotton was courted by foreign buyers, the South now campaigns for foreign markets; 3) nearly half the export tonnage from the U. S. went out of Baltimore & ports south. Said he: "Those who have not followed the situation closely are compelled to recognize today-with distinct surprise, perhaps-that agriculture is . no longer the dominant activity of the South. Manufacture has outstripped it and the value of mineral products is high. . . . Mississippi and Arkansas alone among the southern states show a higher value for farm products than for manufactures and minerals...
...appearance of artificiality by mannerisms and pretensions which are part of the personality of the author and hence actually evidences of his sincerity. There is, in the first place, no good reason for calling the book (as Mr. Durant does) a "mental autobiography"; its subject is usually something very distinct from Author Durant's intellectual development and its method is far from analytical...
...Yale Daily News will begin tomorrow the publication of a bi-weekly supplement called "On National Affairs," to which various prominent men in the country will contribute articles on topics of national interest. It is hoped by the editorial board that this section, which will be a distinct departure in college journalism, will broaden the outlook of the average undergraduate by giving him an intelligent survey of vital issues in the outside world...