Word: distinctive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead of condemning "false" opinion, we should recognize that these comments have two very distinct benefits. First, the dialogue value is extremely high. We must not underestimate the value of discussion. Castigating controversial speakers is antithetical to the Harvard experience; furthermore, holding forums in which the issues are framed in what some would call an inappropriate manner galvanizes the issue at hand. Opponents of the Muhammed/Mansfield genre of "race-speech" cannot deny that with controversy comes discussion. I contend that with discussion comes an enhanced understanding of the issues...
...sushi seems refrigerated for a long time, and you can't really taste the distinct parts," Hsia says...
...intend to clarify here what may be obvious to most: that this newspaper's front page is a distinct entity from its editorial page, and, just as significantly, the staff of The Crimson has a diversity of opinions that is not always represented in staff editorials...
Ethnic studies--in terms of analyzing the different heritages that form the patchwork quilt of our American society--is less a distinct "approach to knowledge" meant to characterize the other Core offerings, Instead, it appears better suited as a focus of courses within the other, already defined fields, like literature and arts, or historical studies...
Still, others admit that Dunster does have a distinct character...