Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are two distinct schools of belief in regard to U. S. naval strength. One holds that the Navy is practically adequate-needs a bit of repairing and some incidental building, but should be viewed with no alarm because of weakness. The other holds that our Navy is outranged, outweighed, outsailed by the British and, in no small measure, by the Japanese. The holders of the first opinion include the Administration. The holders of the second are more scattered. They have been represented in particular by William B. Shearer, onetime U. S. naval expert (TIME...
...increasing subjection of faculty, as of students, to the time-clock regime, the tradition of scholarly leisure becomes more and more precious. As the academic profession falls within the grasp of efficient doers, the triple-distilled essence of Copey's individuality is the more highly prized. His is a distinct personality which stimulates in those whom he touches a wide gamut of emotional vibration, ranging from admiration...
...Jews who are behind the movement to repatriate their race can not be ignorant of the conditions Dr. Eliot has set forth. If the movement is to gain any-healthy hold upon sufficient number of Jews to make it a success, it will be through a general recognition of distinct advantages to be gained by a return to Palestine...
...work are a rigid simplicity of line; draperies falling in straight close folds; hard, grim faces; heads sunk low or crammed awkwardly into chests; abnormally long noses; cramped postures; elongated forms. Many of these characteristics may be traced to the influence of Metzner. Mestrovic's Madonnas are a distinct type, almost a formula. They are a queer, rigid combination of an almost Eastern tradition with Western realism. Somber, stiff figures, a little wistful, a little pathetic, done with long, simple, vigorous lines. Mestrovic's chief claim to consideration is not intellectual. He is ever emotional. He is conspicuously sculptural...
Army and Williams should beat Columbia and Amherst, respectively, with something to spare. Columbia is, however, apparently getting back into its stride and may be troublesome. If Clement is unable to play, Williams may be pressed hard to win, but on paper the conquerors of Cornell have a distinct edge...