Her friends said she was determined to learn the lessons of Labour's involvement in the Scottish independence referendum and that "she wants Labour to run a distinct and distinctive campaign in the in/out referendum".
To this day you still see those distinctive golden Benson and Hedges World Series Cup team posters framed on the wall of dodgy pubs and immediately feel at home.
The task of devising a distinctive Lib Dem education policy has fallen to Sarah Teather, one of the great beneficiaries of Sir Menzies' leadership victory.
Admire the work of the "Bergen School" of painters at Museum Kranenburgh (kranenburgh.nl) or take a stroll among the distinctive thatched "Amsterdam School" villas of the Park Meerwijk neighbourhood.
The one-off documentary is shot in Leech's distinctive hand-held camera style and features the first emotional encounter between the Mosque's charismatic young communications manager and a distraught sister of one of the three Bethnal Green schoolgirls who flew out to join Isis jihadists in Syria.
The hands have become part of what makes him distinctive as an actor, affecting as they do the way he moves and holds himself, so much so that some young actors assume it is an affectation.
Chancellor of the exchequer, 1979-83; foreign secretary, 1983-89; leader of the House of Commons, 1989-90 If you look at anything Margaret Thatcher wrote or the speeches she made before she became leader of the party, there's nothing outstanding or distinctive about them.
This also means reaching out as much as possible to the many traditional Labour voters who voted yes to independence in September, beguiled by SNP talk of Scotland's distinctive fairness.
Many observers felt confirmed in their view that the Christian Democrats (CDU), while led by a very shrewd power player, are losing any distinctive ideological profile.
No distinctive Christian Democratic proposals are on offer, when it comes to thinking about morality and the market.
The distinctive sleek, sophisticated, body-conscious dresses of Beckham's early collections have proved to be a mere springboard for a fully formed fashion house that is holding its own at the highest levels.
