Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...third best distance in the shotput, in which six men will compete for the points today. Carpenter threw the discus 127 feet 1 3-4 inches for his qualification, while Greenidge hurled the javelin 176 feet 1-2 inch for a position among today's contenders. There were two distinct disappointments for Crimson supporters yesterday, when Hauers failed to qualify in the high hurdles and Miller was forced out of the competition in the discus event...
California, 15 of whose 17 qualifying positions were won in the field events, seems to be headed for a third consecutive victory. With three men competing in the broad jump, discus, shotput, and javelin, the westerners have a distinct advantage over their eastern rivals...
Competent observers are agreed that the tendency in England is away from coalitions, and middle-of-the-way groups toward two distinct parties. Mr. Baldwin is setting himself a real task in attempting to face this future without the help of the liberal factions of his party...
...discovered some years ago that the administration of universities was a profession quite distinct from the profession of teaching. College presidents in the main have been compared with Bar Associations, Medical Associations and Chambers of Commerce. They are more than a class. They are a guild. But it has not been so frequently observed that the ex-administration of a university is also a profession of marked and distinguishing characteristics. An ex-president is more than a retired educator. He is a philosopher. He has passed, not out, but up. Free from the limitations which restrain...
...former methods of studying by rote has helped to foster this abstract and general process of assimilation. In theory, the movement has been a good one since it was hitherto possible to parrot the word of the text with no knowledge of the lesson itself. But there are also distinct disadvantages which have led to a more careless interpretation of the subject matter involved...