Word: distinctiveness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Certainly Ed Meese, like most people, has done things he shouldn't, and that distinct possibility must not be ignored. In Meese's case, it hasn't been: he faced possibly the most exhaustive investigation and confirmation process since the Nixon era when the President nominated him to be Attorney General. This latest episode of the Meese saga at Harvard is only part of the American tradition of public accountability...
McKenna emphasizes that there are two distinct advantages to peer counseling: anonymity and instant access. "The anonymity of peer counseling may encourage people to take that first step on the path to get help," says McKenna...
...sweep became a distinct possibility when the Bulldogs scored four times in the bottom of the inning...
This week's cover story, on drugs in the workplace and efforts to control their use, marks a distinct change of pace for TIME's Economy and Business section. Says Senior Editor Charles Alexander, who supervised the project: "This story is an unusual one for us because it cuts across so many disciplines. We don't normally focus heavily on crime, legal and civil rights issues or social problems in our columns...
...first images showed only the coma, the great cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus, as a fuzzy, violet-fringed, blue-green ball with a yellow center. But in images that Vega 1 shot when only 5,600 miles from Halley's, a dark red area with rather distinct boundaries appeared near the center of the image, and scientists crowded close to the television screens. "How big is that area?" asked one. "Three or four kilometers (between 1.9 and 2.5 miles)," said a Soviet scientist. "Evidently, it is the nucleus." His announcement drew a burst of applause. Though some...