Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Distinct gains were made in most of the other departments of the University. Figures for last year are as follows: 1926 1925 Architectural School 61 56 Business School 680 659 Bussey Institution 16 9 College 3208 3173 Dental School 112 174 Engineering School 262 265 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 756 668 Law School 1353 1191 Medical School 488 481 School of Education 163 132 School of Public Health 30 31 School of Landscape Architecture 30 27 Theological School...
Roger W. Babson, statistician: "To impress upon the 13th annual National Business Conference, which met as my guests at Wellesley Hills, Mass., the dangers of overextending the instalment business, I said, that 'a distinct recession in business and possibly a panic within two or three years would not be surprising...
Color variations will be the distinct factor in 1927 motor car models. The autumn wares of practically all manufacturers have now been set forth, and they show a surprising lack of mechanical modifications. Only a few of the 34 advertisements surveyed-for the most part they completely filled magazine or newspaper pages-emphasized mechanical features. Almost all stressed "new colors." The following, of the new models, have features which may be termed new: Buick. "The artistic upholstery and interiorware patterns in the beautiful new Fisher Bodies for 1927, were created especially for Buick . . . the finishes on the new Buicks...
...coffee served by southern aristocracy in the halcyon days 'befoh de wah.'" But "Ford?" Of what, asked the Batten Company, did the name Ford make you think? "To our minds the advertising of the Ford automobile lacked what we consider a very essential quality. . . there was no distinct, quotable theme." Yet the Ford Company has one product about which it cast a distinct atmosphere-an impression of ne plus ultra. Probably more money was spent in advertising the Lincoln car than was spent on any other conveyance in the world's history, considering its estimated market...
North America. The most fruitful and fascinating digging on this continent has been conducted by five distinct expeditions, amid ruins of the antique (600 B. C.-1500 A. D.) Mayan civilization...