Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conditions when the opposite is the case. When a man has been right-hand-man to two of the leaders of his profession in two successive generations, when these men have been widely different in characteristics and genius, it is apparent that this right-hand-man must have distinct and powerful merits of his own. Such is the case of Arthur Krock, one-time able assistant of Colonel Henry Watterson (Louisville Courier-Journal), now the assistant of Herbert Bayard Swope (The New York World...
...Natives are distinct from colored people, according to General Hertzog. Natives are apparently the uncultured indigenous population; the colored people are educated blacks...
...strongest Dartmouth baseball teams in years will take the field at 8 o'clock this afternoon, a team that has a distinct edge over the University in comparative scores. The Harvard team has shown, however, a disregard for dopesters' predictions that promises at least a close score in today's game. Cornell, Brown, and Columbia have all bowed to the Green while triumphing over the Crimson, and Princeton is the only victor over Dartmouth that has succumbed to the University...
...have never asked myself that question be cause a universal conception of democracy does not exist. There exist and have existed, States which glorify themselves with the title democratic, but every one of them ? Athens, Venice, Britain, the United States ? have, in their history, novelties so absolutely distinct that nothing has ever seemed to me so grotesque as an attempt to reduce them to a common measure...
...previous time this season. Coach Stevens has been teaching a new stroke, and to learn a new stroke is not the accomplishment of a day. Development has necessarily been slow, but it has not been lacking. Those who saw the race at Cornell were agreed the crew showed a distinct gain a surprising gain, over the preceding race...