Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...start was preceded by an aerial "circus." Every use to which the airplane has been put was demonstrated. Nine distinct types of machines showed their capabilities The completeness of the exhibition and the fact that no accidents occurred was considered as displaying the rapid progress which the science of aviation has made...
...called startling. Yet this term is readily applied to "The New Decalogue of Science" by A. E. Wiggam. Indeed the book appears to come as a bold challenge at a time when too few writers have the courage or inclination to confront this country with some of the distinct failures of American democracy and of civilization in general. Out of a vast supply of evidence and practical proof, Mr. Wiggam has selected the material to make out a surprising case against the present trends in human development. With unusual clarity he is able to bring in his wide knowledge...
...tickets must be submitted to K. S. Pfaffman before Friday, March 21. These designs should be made with black india ink on white paper, four and one-half by seven and one-half inches in size. The design should be in accord with the ticket in question, and distinct enough to make the reproduction clear. As an example the Yard tickets should depict some familiar gate or other familiar objects associated with the Yard; Memorial tickets should have on them a drawing of Memorial Hall. The designs bear the following words respectively: Yard Tickets.--"Harvard Class Day 1924, Admit...
...Critics, The Literary Review. "A complete monomaniac, nothing really interests Bodenheim unless it relates somehow to his ruling intellectual passion. . . . Ultimately he can be no more than a minor though highly interesting literary phenomenon, but his flavor, acrid and pungent, is distinct and lasting...
...There are three distinct reasons for failing," he continued. "Losing a sense of proportion; that is, not realizing that studies come first; studies are forced to abdicate in favor of athletics, dances, and other outside activities." According to Dean Bacon, this failing is the most general...