Word: discerning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...telescope on one of those stars, Beta Pictoris, which was then visible high in the sky. Taking a photograph, however, turned out to be extremely difficult. Beta is twice as bright as the sun, and its light easily overwhelms that from any faint material around it. Trying to discern the surrounding matter, says Terrile, was "like trying to see a match next to a flashbulb...
...court drifted under Chief Justice Warren Burger in the '70s, neither truly liberal nor conservative but divided and unpredictable. Decisions often turned on one vote. But since the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor by President Reagan in 1981, many experts have begun to discern a rightward tilt. "There is a trend, but it is a slow oozing, a step-by-step process, and not a leap," says University of Chicago Law School Professor Philip Kurland. Agrees A.E. Dick Howard, a professor of law at the University of Virginia: "The 1984 Burger Court may be the conservative counterpart...
Herbst's behavior in connection with the Hiss-Chambers case further demonstrates her growing inability to discern truth. In 1948 Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of having been a fellow spy in the Communist underground. Herbst was privy to information that partly substantiated Chambers' claim. In fact, as this book discloses, Herbst's husband, in his role as aide to the party's chief recruiter of agents in Washington, first introduced Chambers and Hiss...
...going its own way. Since the first week in January, the Dow Jones has fallen almost steadily, from 1286.64 to a low point of 1086.57 on July 24. At each sign of a strong economy, the market seemed to drop defiantly. Economists study a myriad of obscure numbers to discern the state of the economy, but millions of Americans just look to the stock market-and what they saw did not jibe with the Administration's cheerleading. If the economy was so healthy, what was wrong with Wall Street...
...character. Still, I felt an obligation to write this letter in defense of an organization which I continue, along with countless other undergraduates and alumni, to be proud of. Maybe if these other organizations could step down from their soap boxes long enough, they would be able to discern reality from an unwarranted crusade. Thank you. Michael Travaglini...