Word: distinctives
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...often tries to. The job of protecting a hapless drunk does not fall to HUPD. It falls to said drunk’s friends, in my opinion. And I think in the same way, the role of protecting people from the consequences of bad decisions – as distinct from crimes – should fall to their community, rather than the justice system...
...heard that he gave good candy and decided to use the “Halloween” excuse to put antennae on my head and black, construction paper spots all over my body. Whatever the motive, my band of mates and I braved uncharted suburbia territory with the distinct hopes of trick-or-treating at the home of our esteemed president, Lawrence Summers. My problem set waiting forlornly at my desk, I set out with a motley crew: the former British Prime Minister/current sex symbol Margaret Thatcher and a scantily clad Chiquita (of banana fame...
...boot camps are die-hard but undetectable soldiers of the movement. "The Takfir," says Jacquard, "are the hard core of the hard core: they are the ones who will be called upon to organize and execute the really big attacks." French officials think that Takfiri beliefs have bred a distinct form of terrorism. "The goal of Takfir," says one, "is to blend into corrupt societies in order to plot attacks against them better. Members live together, will drink alcohol, eat during Ramadan, become smart dressers and ladies' men to show just how integrated they...
University President Larry H. Summers said it best in his inaugural address, emphasizing the importance of learning as an end to itself—separate and distinct from all attempts to make it practical or (horrors!) vocational. “The practical effectiveness of what we do must never obscure what is most special and distinctive about universities like this one: that they are communities in which truth, Veritas, is pursued first and last as an end in itself—not for any tangible reward or worldly impact...
...renovation, designed by Andrea Leers of the Leers Weinzepfel Association, will be composed mostly of glass and will incorporate the design of the existing building, while remaining visually distinct...