Word: discern
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After syphilis had destroyed the hearing of the late great Composer Ludwig van Beethoven, that melancholy genius discovered that by clenching a stick in his teeth, holding it against the keyboard of his piano, he could discern faint sounds. Had Beethoven been in Manhattan last week, he could have seen what a century's progress has done to his primitive device...
...Discern a menace to the State...
Current influenza is much milder than the devastating disease of 1918. Epidemiologists have been unable to discern rhythm or reason to these surges. In England the Press, having noted an unseasonable amount of rain, fog and snow over North Europe, blames raw weather...
...previous incarnation, was an Egyptian priestess. To consummate his romance, the mummy tries to kill the archeologist's fiancee, but goes about it too deliberately to be successful. Typical shot: Karloff and Johann seated beside a tubful of hot water in the steam of which they discern scenes from their life...
...which a member of one House cannot eat in another House except at the expense of the student with whom he is dining. The manifest inconvenience of this arrangement was discussed editorially in the CRIMSON, and led finally to the circulation of a petition among the House Committees, to discern the exact opinion of House members, and facilitate a change. Efforts to secure that change were unavailing then, but it was hoped that the authorities would act before College reopened...