Word: distinction
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...company to be proud of.” Outside of personal satisfaction, employees found that, in fact, their experience had provided a useful platform for a career in any industry.“If you’re being interviewed, there’s a distinct possibility that people are going to be extremely interested in what you did,” Puopolo said. “You’ll have some interesting conversations, some interesting stories to relate.”—Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu...
...normally expect,” Valente said. Before working at Harvard, Engert was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego, and University of California, Berkeley, studying tadpole sensory processing. “Professor Engert is a scientist of remarkable scope, having made important contributions to two distinct fields, visual system development and motor system function,” said Earth and Planetary Sciences Chair Jeremy Bloxham in a press release. “A highly creative researcher, his publications are consistently of the highest quality. He is also an outstanding teacher, a wonderful colleague, and a generous...
...static, alternating between the left and right channels. In a mere two and a half minutes, Hart has managed to showcase his labyrinthine inventiveness at its finest.The theme of frenetic propulsion that subsists throughout “Signal Morning” is the album’s most distinct improvement over its predecessor, and its strongest link to Hart’s work with his former band. Where Circulatory System’s melancholic debut was widely praised initially, the album hasn’t aged as well as its OTC counterparts, due to the understandable but largely overblown criticism...
...where scientists examine the DNA of what appears to be a single, widely distributed species only to find that it's actually a collection of separate species that look alike. The dusky salamander of the Appalachian and Adirondack mountains, for example, is now known to be four distinct species...
...cover of “Use Somebody,” the recent hit by Southern rockers Kings of Leon. Her version, though not hugely different from its chart-topping counterpart, gives the song a more whimsical quality, and her own easygoing tone provides a breath of fresh air distinct from the Kings’ more angst-ridden interpretation. Though each song on White’s album deserves acclaim for some aspect or another, the title song warrants the greatest praise. Here, White truly perfects her style; the Simon and King influences are certainly present vocally, but the song...