Word: distinctives
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...Bureau is subsumed within a medical system, its distinct niche within the community will disappear, and, before long, the Bureau and its educational function will disappear with it,” the letter said. “While the Bureau may remain in name and address, its distinctive nature and role will inevitably cease to exist...
Aerosmith has never revered anything but its own double entendres, which gives it a distinct creative advantage when dipping into the past. Honkin' on Bobo isn't burdened by respect or ambition. It's just a bunch of ragged blues covers (and one bluesy original) seemingly selected with the aid of a dart board (Aretha Franklin? Fleetwood Mac?), but other than a disastrously sincere take on Jesus Is on the Main Line, Honkin' on Bobo is full of clamorous charm...
...base-ballers range from the humble to the showy, the laid-back to the lay-it-out. They come from a list of locales so wide and varied that it might make Howard Dean antsy. Try blending this kind of mixture in a sport like baseball—distinct positions, varied roles and all—and forging a team out of spare parts turns out to be a more tricky proposition than you might think...
...Realistically, one report can only do so much,” he wrote in an e-mail. “But it does show that moderate U.S. and European policies, balanced between right and left within the U.S. and taking account of distinct U.S. and European priorities and power resources across the Atlantic, can be constructive. It is up to politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to make it happen...
...trail" you believed him. When Clapton sings the same line you wonder if the hound's name is Patches. Me and Mr. Johnson never feels urgent. The only genuine emotion Clapton musters is reverence. Aerosmith has never revered anything but its own double entendres, which gives it a distinct creative advantage when dipping into the past. Honkin' on Bobo isn't burdened by respect or ambition, it's just a bunch of ragged blues covers (and one bluesy original) seemingly selected with the aid of a dartboard. (Aretha Franklin? Fleetwood Mac?) There are lots of potential quibbles - like, for instance...