Word: distinctives
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...parental alum status. These reasons can be divided into two categories--merit and non-merit. Clearly, a strong essay or a commitment to athletics is deserving of merit, whereas a person's skin color, residence or parents are hardly indicative of achievement. In lumping these two separate and distinct categories together, the University of Michigan heads down the wrong path...
...track demonstration of almost every weapon in the Possum's considerable vocal arsenal. The first line is understated, almost spoken. The second builds. The third is a crescendo, culminating in what must be the most fabulous single-syllable word ever recorded; I counted at least eight distinct notes. Then later in the song he does the same word again - and treats it quite differently. Quite simply, no one else is capable of such vocal fireworks - or at least carrying it off without making it sound like he or she is showing off. That, of course, is one of the joys...
...have distinct memories of him calling me on my birthdays and telling me he loved...
...Scott and Dustin Hoffman. The performace Friday was no exception, and afterwards, as I watched fellow members of the audience cry--in some cases, bawl--I realized that the play has not lost its relevance to American society. In fact, the major theme of the play has a distinct bearing on Harvard students and the important role that they play in shaping that society...
...videos are beautiful, from a purely aesthetic sense and from the distinct realism woven into the stories she tells. A video from class last year chronicles a trip Buckingham took with her younger sister to visit their grandmother. Buckingham's talented camera work is evident; she uses images shot of passing land along the highway while her car is moving, as well as images of her sister driving. She chronicles the miniscule, from a stop for a cigarette and coffee to her grandmother's demonstration of a vegetable grinder. A shot of a computer screen with a drawing...