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...scarf, with white sweaters, gave the University crew almost an English aspect, as the English Crews habitually wear scarfs while rowing. It also brought to mind the story of how Harvard got its crimson color, when the 1855 crew wore red handkerchiefs to distinguish themselves from the other crews on the river...
...humans?an Alaskan "sourdough"* called Waskey and Earl Rossman, a U. S. newspaper reporter?would be occupied with a slim skein of wires, a box and two silvery bulbs that occasionally glowed a chilly yellow against the trampled snow. In his head phones, Waskey could distinguish a thin piping note above the crackling static?a note that said another wireless operator back in Fairbanks had heard the preliminary signals of Waskey's small portable radio, was ready to receive and relay to the outer world news of the advance party of the aerial polar expedition financed by the Detroit Chamber...
...Pygmalion, Dr. Wilson is at great pains to have us distinguish between a symptom of disease and an effect or result of disease. He heralds the return of the general practitioner to study a sick man in the light of his whole environment, to assign to specialists their particular duties in the case...
...leaded gasoline should be colored, to distinguish it from plain gasoline and warn people not to use it for cleaning clothes, washing hands...
...indefinite statute, giving the Bible as a standard but failing to distinguish among the numerous versions of the Bible...