Word: discernible
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...youthful violence. All of them seemed to understand, at least formally, that what they were doing was wrong. That's what the placement of Bulger's body on the tracks suggests; and the prosecutor of the six-year-old says three doctors concluded that the boy was able to discern right from wrong in the abstract. Similarly, in 1989, after nine-year-old Cameron Kocher shot Jessica Carr, age 7, with a rifle after an argument over Nintendo in their hometown in northeast Pennsylvania, the boy hid the spent cartridge. And after Robert ("Yummy") Sandifer, 11, killed a 14-year...
Capuano said that since the politicians were generally on the "same page" on major issues, voters must try to discern which candidate will truly fight for them...
...firm, and Kendall has long-standing ties to Lewinsky's lawyers as well. As one witness after another parades before the grand jury, it is perfectly legal for everyone in this network to share what has been said in the secret proceedings and what they have been able to discern of Starr's strategy...
...requires "a brief period of quiet reflection for not more than 60 seconds with the participation of each pupil in the classroom." Although the courts have upheld some moment-of-silence policies, civil libertarians say they have struck down laws featuring pro-prayer supporting language of the sort they discern in Alabama's bill. In the eyes of many church-club planters, such fracases amount to wasted effort. Says Doug Clark, field director of the National Network of Youth Ministries: "Our energy is being poured into what kids can do voluntarily and on their own. That seems...
...raise a child. A mother's triumph, day by day, may seem small, occurring not in the corner office but in the kitchen over strained peas, with the results apparent not in the next deal but in the next generation. So we married someone whose nose can discern the vintage of a Merlot but can't smell a dirty diaper when it's right in front of him. It's easier to change the diaper than to argue over who changed the last one. So we're a little more tired, and men are pulling a fast one on these...