Word: discern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are many ways of investigating a company, as CORE is now studying Harvard Trust, to discern whether it discriminates against Negro job applicants. The first way, Gartner said, is just to look, but that technique often is inconclusive. As a second step CORE often contacts local leaders, such as ministers and politicians, for their advice. If these methods prove insufficient, CORE will then "test" the company by sending both white and Negro applicants for the same...
Katayev labeled as a "strange interpretation" any attempt to discern in Khrushchev's recent attack on modern art any limitation on freedom of expression. "Khrushchev's statement applied specifically to art; it did not carry over to the theatre, writing, or any other area," he said. "And," quipped Rozov, "why shouldn't we argue about abstract...
Master Plan. The population is still sparse-less than 700 in some 125,000 acres. But alert Big Sureans could discern the beginnings of encroachment: Carmel Highlands, just above Big Sur. has been blotched by free-for-all development, and San Luis Obispo to the south is a well-known eyesore. Tourism began to boom; in 1952 only 2,500 tourist cars passed through Big Sur on an average summer Sunday' in 1961 it was up to 6,000. and last year 8,863 cars were turned away at Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park for lack of camping facilities...
...both managed work up the energy to enter their events, the mile and the 1000-yd. run. Hopefully, the B.U. entrants got a good look at the Crimson stars when they lined up, because by the end of the race the Terriers were so far behind they could barely discern the backs of the Harvard tracksters in the dim light of Briggs Cage...
...light industry. Folk-song albums are all over the bestseller charts, and folk-singing groups command as much as $10,000 a night in the big niteries. As a cultural fad folk singing appeals to genuine intellectuals, fake intellectuals, sing-it-yourself types, and rootless root seekers who discern in folk songs the fine basic values of American life. As a pastime, it has staggeringly multiplied sales of banjos and guitars; more than 400,000 guitars were sold in the U.S. last year...