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Indeed, one can discern the potency of the force of racism still at play in the White Media from the controversy which erupted last month when USA Today published on its Feb. 16 front page a photograph of five angry-looking young Black men holding guns to accompany a story about gang violence in Los Angeles...
Though Mankiw says the three economists cannot be characterized as "liberals," Government Department Chair Susan J. Pharr says it is possible to discern a certain party leaning in the patterns of departure...
Caricaturists must be able to discern to what extent physical features individually contribute to a likeness so that they can gauge just how much these features can be exaggerated or diminished to humorous effect without losing the resemblance...
WOMEN HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT the possibility of having his baby. Scientists the world over plead for a chance to examine him. Museums compete for bits of his clothing and tools. Nations and provinces bicker over who has custody rights, while anthropologists struggle to discern how he lived and what other ancient secrets he is destined to reveal...
...Screaming Trees share their Seattle brethren's penchant for hooky guitar riffs and raspy vocals over dense layers of bass and drums. Like looking at the sun through opaque glass, one can discern shards of shiny, happy tunes underneath their sonic barrage...