The dispute was alarming because of the special nature of the Emmaus ethos, which, its proponents feel, distinguishes it from the plethora of other homelessness charities and agencies.
Last month Infiniti said it was redesigning its cars, starting with the new Q50 (pictured), to give them a more "passionate" Latin feel, distinguishing them from the "cold and clinical" German models.
Thomson added that the story's deconstruction of the hero concept "suggests that perhaps the time for heroes has passed", which he feels distinguishes "this postmodern work" from the deconstructions of the hero in the existentialism movement.
But the meat of the songs — riffs, chord progressions, dynamic shifts — feels less distinguished.
The common denominator of popular culture — which these days encompasses so many things that you could even include all sorts of high culture — seems to have just intensified the need people now feel to distinguish themselves from it.
With his focus on practical effects and minimal Photoshop compositing, he's developed a look and feel that distinguishes his work from fellow accomplished photo manipulators Thomas Dagg, Mike Campau, and Renaud Marion.
His fabled Voisin restaurant on Rue Saint Honoré was where distinguished Parisians went to feel even more distinguished.
She felt able to distinguish herself.
Or he could demonise recipients so much that mainstream debate no longer felt able to distinguish between a fraudster and a claimant.
Because the Metropolitan Opera was right across the plaza at Lincoln Center, it was essential, he felt, that City Opera distinguish itself by performing repertory the Met was not known for, especially Baroque operas and 20th-century American works.
