Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...right. The lovely Arabella, niece of the planter, thereupon turns against him, and there is considerable dramatic dredging to be done before the course of true love again runs smooth. Warren Kerrigan buckles and swashes diligently in the title part to excellent effect. Jean Paige is a distinct optical advantage. The explosion of a pirate galleon is the most engrossing single shock...
...with a sensation of distinct relief that most members of the University read the reassuring letter from Professor George P. Baker which appeared in these columns yesterday. After, the years of polished neglect and cultivated refusal which have been his portion at the hands of the University it would not have been in the least strange if he had finally decided to place his unrewarded talents at the service of a more appreciative audience. A man less inherently loyal would have done so long...
Equipment will be distributed later in the afternoon, and active practice will begin at 3 o'clock tomorrow at the University Field. Candidates will continue to report as long as the weather permits. Two distinct teams, each having its own captain, will later be formed and play daily games with picked teams...
...expected in Manhattan this season and presumably the Local of the Back Slappers' Union is determined that he shall feel at home. Dissension has arisen in their ranks as to what to call him. Originally, he was discovered as Franz; later it became Ferenc, and there is a distinct movement afoot at present to simplify it to just plain Francis. But that is one of those problems that must simply be left to work themselves out in their own way. At any rate he will follow his great successes Liliom, Fashions for Men and The Swan with...
...probably less than one-seventh the density of that of the earth. Because of its smaller mass, its gravity is much less and objects on its surface weigh only about one-third as much as the same objects would on the surface of the earth. It has also distinct polar caps, which increase and decrease with seasonable variations. It has also no marked clouds in its atmosphere. It has no surface elevations probably not over 2,000 or 3,000 feet in altitude. It has no oceans. Its year or period of revolution is close to 687 days...