Word: discerning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...family behind as she is admitted to a prestigous preparatory school in Jerusalem. But, what we witness on the road to her freedom is a tapestry where the threads of traditionalism and modernity and the dark sides of both--are woven so tightly that it is hard to discern a clear reality...
Bergman uses Hoffmann's aura of confusion both as an aegis for uncomfortable secrets and an illumination of Bergman's views on himself as an artist. He simply offers too many layers of perception for his viewers to discern properly between them. The viewer struggles with the same fear of uncertainty as the painter Johan...
...Peninsula, which bills itself as "Harvard's Only Conservative Publication," illustrates what most Blacks have known for years--scratch the surface of seemingly pious, morally upstanding conservatism and you will often discern the unmistakable stench of racism. Last year, the Peninsula bashed immigrants, supported racist Bell Curve theories, and repeatedly mocked Black people, Black leaders, and Black culture...
...military equipment and supplies in the Persian Gulf, as well as dispatching 1,400 troops to the Kuwaiti desert for war games? Largely, it would seem, to tout the Clinton Administration's alertness to any new military threat from Iraq--a threat that Iraq's neighbors, including Kuwait, could discern no sign of. Moreover, if Saddam Hussein did order any menacing maneuvers, he might only dramatize the last thing he wants to point out: the rapid decline of his strength as an international bogeyman...
...paradox of human miracle assessment is that the only way to discern whether a phenomenon is supernatural is by having trained rationalists testify that it outstrips their training. Since most wonders admitted by the modern church are medical cures, it consults with doctors. Di Ruberto has access to a pool of 60--"We've got all the medical branches covered," says his colleague, Dr. Ennio Ensoli--and assigns each purported miracle to two specialists on the vanquished ailment...