Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dave Skeels continued where he left off last season, as he scored the lone pin of the match in the 130-pound class. Although he held a distinct advantage over opponent John Mehl, he was unable to gain a fall until the first minute of the second period...
Aside from limiting the record's appeal, the program entails a second disadvantage. Most of these songs have been extensively recorded by other singers; and while Seeger has his distinct merits, too many of the ballads can be heard in better performances on other records: Leadbelly's Mary Don't You Weep, Gary Davis's Wreck of the 97, or Lee Payant's Big Rock Candy Mountain. In a sense, Seeger is joining battle with all of his competitors at the same time; it is not surprising that he often comes off second best...
...House will use the balance of approximately $900 to set up a long-term program with two distinct parts...
Painting in two distinct styles, Sylvia Carewe on one hand picks up her beat from the visual excitement and energy of Manhattan, transposes it into semiabstract scenes, e.g., an air view of Broadway done with splash and sparkle. With her other (and heavier) hand, she trowels on paint inches thick, won French critics' praise for a "violent, colorful art, in hard contrasts, not exempt from cold lyricism...
...Crimson weakness today, as usual, will be in the scrum, which is sadly short of both height and weight. The absence of Mike Nightingale and Jim Cooper in the exam room leaves seniors Geoff Locke and Bill Gill as the only tall line-out forwards, and there is a distinct lack of 200-pounders...