Word: distinctiveness
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...atmosphere.” If the Quad stops housing undergraduates, it will be the final step in Harvard’s fifty-year-old project to homogenize College residential life. And as evidenced by the uproars over the Fox Plan and randomization, there is something to be said for distinct, close communities within the larger whole. The Quad does offer a unique outlook and atmosphere, and while its loss may be justified, it would be a loss nonetheless...
Calderón also noted that the commonwealth status of Puerto Rico allowed for a distinct cultural background and language, while still incorporating citizenship and shared common values...
...adventures. After that, I was happy to confine myself to the hotel's broad lawns, the pool and the beach (though my children played happily with Lurker). The Lone Pine, completed in 1948, was for years the only hotel on Batu Ferringhi Beach. It is one of several small, distinctive hotels in Malaysia that make a refreshing change from the cookie-cutter resorts where the ranks of sun lounges and sunburned bodies seem to stretch on forever. With only 50 rooms, the hotel is a labor of love for its owners - and therein lies much of its charm...
Suhrcke and Program Manager Jaime Paglia say they are working with two distinct audiences: those who attend the free public tapings at First Parish, and those who listen to the show from their homes when the edited version is broadcast...
...could almost feel sorry for Mr. Matthews—few artists face the same comparisons he does on Some Devil, his first solo outing. These he neatly sidesteps by opting for a sound that is clearly distinct from Dave Matthews Band (DMB), recruiting a horn section and employing some lush string arrangements. Throughout, the spotlight stays resolutely on Matthews’ voice, by turns growling and sweetly falsetto...