Word: distinctness
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...There was more to itthan that, of course, but certainly I was growingdiscouraged. Going to services at Harvard-Epworth,the only Methodist church in Cambridge, did notquite restore confidence, particularly as thepastor frequently made references to literaryfigures. Suddenly, the Bible seemed littledifferent form Paradise Lost, and John theBaptist barely distinct form Milton...
...find somewhere in the foundations ofmost religions and cultures, though they may takea thousand and one distinct forms, common elementssuch as respect for what transcends us, whether wemean the mystery of Being or a moral order thatstands above us; certain imperatives that come tous from heaven, or from nature of from our ownhearts; a belief that our deeds will live afterus; respect for our neighbors, for our families,for certain natural authorities; respect for humandignity and for nature: a sense of solidarity andbenevolence towards guests who come with goodintentions...
...company's mountainous debt, which will increase to $17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. He has promised to sell off assets and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently. At the same time, he must still mediate between squabbling factions in a company with two distinct corporate cultures that were mingled but never quite merged when Time Inc. acquired Warner Communications...
...should also be emphasized most strongly that the faculty objections went for beyond the details of the benefits question, which The Crimson has mistakenly chosen to emphasize as the focus of faculty-administration tensions. They involve the restoration of genuine consultation and collaboration, as distinct from the misrepresented and discredited consultative procedures of 1994. This is an issue which is not going to go away, since decision involving the best use of the resources of the University in accomplishing its missions of education and research must involve the faculty as well as the administration. William Paul Mallinckrodt Professor of Applied...
...shadow of a doubt that the microbe he has isolated is an ancient one." Setlow agrees, however, that Cano has made the most compelling case possible. For instance, he has clearly established that his bacteria -- while related to Bacillus sphaericus, a living resident of apiarian digestive tracts -- are genetically distinct from known microbes. The catch is, something like 95% of the bacteria that populate today's world have not even been identified, much less analyzed by scientists...