Word: distinctness
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This common political fate transcends the evident cultural divide between American Jews and Israelis. What else could or should we expect from a people divided between lands so distinct? The United States is defined by peace and prosperity, and Israel by war and struggle, though the latter is increasingly realizing economic success with its burgeoning technology industry. The Jews in these two lands must be expected to have separate cultures, and each should be respectful of the other. Likewise, the Jews in these two lands must be expected to have different politics, and each should also be deferential...
...three different groups represented three distinct approaches for addressing local ecological and social issues. One group designed a park for ecotourism and habitat preservation. The second clustered lakefront development along one lake, Lake Josephine, and encouraged development of housing in converted ranchlands. The remaining group took an integrated approach towards Lake Placid as an ecological community, planning multi-income housing and recreational areas, converting agricultural land uses and altering lake-use patterns...
Coach Harry Parker's first boat was a distinct underdog against a Princeton crew which went undefeated in last year's regular season. Seven rowers returned, including several from the U.S. and Canadian national teams...
...main concerns with randomization was that houses, once a strong element to college life, would deteriorate as a greater Harvard focus emerged. But that hasn't happened. Although Mather no longer quite fits the endearing nickname "home for steroids" that adorns an old t-shirt, there remains a distinct feeling of house community. Yesterday morning, Winthrop House hosted a welcome to their rising sophomores, the class that will make randomization complete. The Winthrop that these first years saw was a vital and connected community, not an apathetic and coincidental collection of individuals...
...Common Room, HRDC's The Cocktail Party should be seen first and considered later. Party because actually seeing the floor-level set past twelve rows of upper-class attendees requires great skill and cunning and partly because the play is riddled with T.S. Eliot's innocuously cryptic language, no distinct message leaps forth from the play. Rather, various lines worm their way into the audience, reappearing days later as pertinent homilies for the daily personal lives of audience members...