His studies had impressed the Lucasian professor, Isaac Barrow, who was more anxious to develop his own religious and administrative potential (he became master of Trinity two years later), and in 1669, Newton succeeded him, only one year after he received his M.A. Newton's work has been said "to distinctly advance every branch of mathematics then studied".
And while Ms. Kagan criticized the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations for using their presidential powers to deregulate the economy, she praised Bill Clinton for using those same powers to advance "a distinctly activist and pro-regulatory governing agenda".
New atheism seeks to advance a distinctly modernist agenda based on a reassertion of the Enlightenment-based principles of reason and rationality (precisely the kind of metanarrative that postmodernists railed against), but does so by utilizing distinctly postmodern concerns and strategies based on issues of culture and identity.
Mr Walker, in particular, has been particularly authoritative in office, as he moved quickly to advance a distinctly conservative agenda after being elected in 2010.
Even China's love affair with Christmas -- with big holiday sales and ubiquitous seasonal music, even in Communist Party buildings -- advances a distinctly Chinese agenda.
Article 7 of the Nationality Law, whereby the state shall regard Jewish settlement as a national value and work to advance it, has a distinctly colonialist tone, addressing Jewish settlement without any mention of the 20percentt of the population who are Arabs and who live in crowded conditions, under continuous threat of having their land appropriated.
Even as technology advances, good design remains a distinctly human endeavor one that begins with the spark of creativity and is nurtured through a disciplined, iterative process.
"Stability" - a distinctly protective interpretation of "harmony" - makes progress possible.
A distinctly satisfying thought.
"A distinctly unmemorable holiday.
The problem is a distinctly modern one.
