Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nevertheless, it came as a distinct surprise to her to learn from the papers that she was to be named as co-respondent when Larry Fay was sued for divorce. Larry, a young fellow who had hoped for a quiet, homy home, soon found that not only was he not to have that, but that he had even lost the highly-spiced wife who could have given it to him and wouldn...
...Personally I am in favor of the plan. It is not all I should like, and yet I think it would constitute a distinct advance on the present situation...
...some of the manufactured newspapers I have been able to see as many as ten distinct series of drawings in which the theme is invariably the disparagement of man by his daughters and wives, conveying to the mind of the readers that the head of the family and the backbone of the nation, is a subject fit only to be ridiculed. Daughters mocking their fathers and wives chastising their better halves hardly uphold the idea of family authority, without which family life surely perishes. Nothing sinks deeper into the simple mind than the repetition of these scenes dished...
...Thomas argued for socialism and Professor Carroll for capitalism. Neither speaker, perhaps, represented the extremists of his school. Mr. Thomas, speaking privately, stated that he would not try to force socialism on a community completely opposed to it, while Professor Carroll listed as capitalistic corporations several organizations with a distinct socialistic tinge. Nevertheless there was a conflict, the conflict of "there can be nothing worse, change now", and "there is much that is worse, wait for a better." And both spoke of lunacy--in connection with the other school. Such conflicts show America still alive...
...except that of Drew, the detective, are minor, but unusually colorful. Jackson, the too-amiable operative, and Jeanette, Miss Stockbridge's maid, have little to say, but they make a definitely pleasant impression, while Pay-son, the dubious man servant and "The Trouble Hunter" from the phone company have distinct characters in spite of their infrequent appearances...