Word: distinctives
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This exchange may hint at how wary the campus is of supporting any more a cappella groups. But Stone contends that the current scene forces groups to be “more purposeful” about ensuring they are unique. This attempt within a group to make itself distinct contributes to the tight-knit community that characterizes all a cappella groups...
...world: those who know Greek and barbarians. Unfortunately, for yet another year, Harvard will produce a bumper crop of the latter sort.Although the classical languages at the University today are the purview of specialists, that was not always the case.For more than a generation before 1950, Harvard offered two distinct degrees to its graduating seniors. The Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) and the Bachelor of Science (S.B.) degrees were nearly identical in all of their requirements, aside from one crucial aspect: The more highly-coveted A.B. mandated an extra year’s study in Latin.And up until only recently...
...Over his 27-year tenure, Pope John Paul II named more saints than all his predecessors combined, beatifying more than 1,300 people and canonizing nearly 500. He fast-tracked Mother Theresa's canonization, and made a distinct effort to identify saints in Africa and Asia. In 2000, much to the chagrin of the communist government there, John Paul II canonized the first saints in China, naming 87 Chinese citizens and 33 foreign missionaries who had died in the country between 1648 and 1930. He also named the first saint from Brazil, home to more Catholics than any other country...
Cluster headaches, which are distinct from migraines, affect about one in every 1,000 people...
...what marks a distinct uptick in their budgetary authority, the divisional deans, according to the letter, will be given an “offer budget” to pay for faculty recruitment for the departments under their purviews...