Word: discerning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...national Brotherhood Week, Collier's asked some leading citizens to quote their favorite Bible passages. Harry S. Truman: "Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad . . ." (I Kings 3:9). Senator Robert A. Toft: "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit . . . Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matthew 7: 18-20). U.S. Steel's President Benjamin A. Fairless: "Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy...
...other two are basically interesting and charming towns, though it is hard to discern these characteristics behind a foreground of half-naked tentists. Princetown is particularly nice at this that of year, before strange characters and professional bohemian infest...