Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...original reason for the discontinuance of athletic relations with Harvard, apart from football, was an unfortunate but incontrovertible ill-feeling, arising from causes now forgotten, which made the move advisable. This condition has obviously disappeared completely, and in its place has developed a distinct feeling of cordiality...
...navigable streams. To support his interpretation of the Water Power Act, he declared that if the law were read so as to permit no escape from Federal valuation of hydroelectric property, it would be impossible "to avoid serious questions regarding the constitutionality of this act." Thus he dealt a distinct blow to those who favor Government regulation, and even operation, of power companies...
...elephant that can bow, flap its ears when requested, dance, lie on its master without crushing him is usually a distinct asset to a vaudeville actor. But when work is difficult to obtain, an elephant, black or white, becomes an imposing handicap. Many a vaudeville actor or circus man must starve himself to keep his animal going...
While sturdy rioters are not wanting among American colleges, political issues can seldom arouse any distinct enthusiasm. Such an organization as the Model League of Nations meets with little undergraduate response, and this year a large university like Yale did not have sufficient interest to even participate. A presidential parade may occasionally draw out the students in numbers, but a love of excitement is undoubtedly the chief attraction. Whatever the condition of the country's politics, the average undergraduate is usually far more occupied by other concerns...
Some manufacturers thought so much of their surprises they would not divulge them in advance. But previewing newsgatherers could discern several distinct trends...