Word: distinctives
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...characters are never given names, an obvious choice on Saramago's part to emphasize the slightly ridiculous nature of the idea that humans are distinct. Individuality crumbles when self-survival becomes the primary objective and everyone eventually realizes that, at their core, they are profoundly, horribly, the same. "Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are," one inmate claims with horror. Saramago's use of dialogue mirrors this loss of individuality. The words of the blind meld together without paragraphs, quotation marks or periods. Separated only by commas, the statements of the blind...
...front of Tower Records in the Square at midnight." In addition to Bono's looks, U2's continued popularity is largely due to their ability to change with the times--and to make a political statement. And although most political figures have no sex appeal, revolutionaries have a distinct allure. "Che Guevera was the man," says Saadi Soudavar '00. "He was sucking on Havana's finest before el President said, 'It tastes good...
...Bill Clinton leaves office in 2001, then prosecute him as a regular citizen for perjury and obstruction of justice -? presuming, of course, that Clinton's successor does not pardon him first. If the GOP can just cool its heels, Specter says, a jail sentence for the President is "a distinct possibility" -? as opposed to impeachment, which will "come to naught...
...choosing both to provide access to abortion, and to offer a refund option to those who are pro-life, UHS has drawn a careful and distinct line. It both respects the legal rights of women and demonstrates an admirable sensitivity to the concerns of those who genuinely believe that they cannot contribute to what they believe to be a fundamental moral wrong...
...place. But in terms of portraiture, he is a stick figure, dismissed by his older daughters as "Our Father." Mother and daughters, on the other hand, are fully drawn. As the months go by, they come to understand what Price cannot, and they tell their stories in sharply distinct voices. Orleanna, the mother, at first an obedient 1950s wife who does not question bringing salvation to the heathens, struggles with remorse in her musings years later: "You'll say I walked across Africa with my wrists unshackled, and now I am one more soul walking free in a white skin...