Word: discern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events in a more precise fashion-to figure out just how much of it had to do with the idiosyncrasies of this University, with the fact that it tool place in 1980, and with my own personality. My guess is that although a seasoned alum might be able to discern what was characteristically Harvard (or, I suppose, Radcliffe) about what I did from January 19th to the 21st, 1980, my classmates would be best at imagining how I felt at the time. Even those who weren't Crimson editors could, in a word, relate...
...arguing that Hinckley could discern what was real and what was not real, Dietz contradicted the defense testimony of four medical experts, who had said Hinckley had lost touch with reality and was driven by fantasies to shoot the president...
...gentle space elf who at first glance seems as homely as a turtle without its shell yet eventually proves as beautiful as an enchanted frog, must find a rescuer. And the rescuer must be a child, whose Galahad strength only E.T. and the moviegoer can immediately discern. The child is Elliott (Henry Thomas), a thin, quiet, wise-faced lad of ten who makes initial contact in a time-honored American fashion: by playing catch with a softball. With the help of his older brother Michael (Robert MacNaughton) and younger sister Gertie (Drew Barrymore), Elliott must battle the elements and some...
...LEISURE reading Dunne claims to read very little contemporary fiction, although he enjoys studying the works of other authors to discern their techniques: "I read a lot of books." For pleasure, the Connecticut-based author re-reads Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh: "But most specifically and definitely not Brideshead. It's a sumptuous bore. "However, he has nothing but praise for fellow fiction author John Updike and his latest, Rabbit is Rich...
...been through these valleys counsel outward calm to quiet with quiet, steady work. This Administration has not always been quiet or steady or calm, but it has not stumbled into irreversible catastrophe. Needed more than ever before are Congressman Jones' long view of history and the skill to discern how the acts of these hours will affect generations ahead. Two centuries ago, Germany's Friedrich von Schiller wrote an immutable law of events: "In today already walks tomorrow...