Word: distinctives
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...bandwagon, the harder and more costly it will be to do so. The U.S. remains the world’s largest and most powerful economy, but has steadfastly swum against the current under the Bush administration. With declining confidence in the U.S. dollar and the distinct possibility that the world is no longer going to subsidize U.S. spending by buying its government debt, the Bush administration is going to have to find new ways to keep the economy running. Four years of profligate spending seems to have been less effective than anyone expected, even on the cynical side...
...that formula didn’t translate into instant success. Despite holding a distinct edge, the Crimson (8-3-1, 6-3-1 ECAC) couldn’t capitalize on any of its scoring chances in the opening period, hitting the crossbar once and finding Fallon’s pads on several other occasions from just outside the crease...
...question that the choice of council leadership is an important one, but the present system, which fails to allow for voters not wanting or not able to distinguish between basically identical campaign platforms, mischaracterizes a group of Harvard students whose self-removal from the electoral process is distinct from mere apathy and undemocratically deprives them of a voice. No one stands to benefit from that over-simplification...
Under the current system student loans are administered through two very distinct mechanisms, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and the Direct Loan program. From the perspective of students there isn’t any difference between the two—the programs lend out money at identical interest rates and under identical terms—but the American taxpayers who fund these operations might want to take a closer look...
...outward sign of disharmony between the brothers. Reliance aggressively branched out of its core industrial sectors into telecommunications, oil exploration and power generation. As co-managing directors at Reliance Industries, Anil handled finance while Mukesh oversaw strategic projects. The pair found a safe vent for sibling rivalry by creating distinct fiefdoms among Reliance's smaller subsidiaries. Under Mukesh, Reliance entered the highly competitive mobile-phone market and quickly garnered a subscriber base of more than 7 million, becoming the country's largest wireless carrier. Anil directed the group's push into power generation. Investors, both in India and abroad, were...