Word: discerning
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...formally staked his claim to the prize that eluded him last time. His eight-minute speech, flawlessly delivered from memory, harked back to the cerebral themes of 1984: "I intend, as I always have, to run a campaign of ideas." Hart's central idea is his proclaimed ability to discern "the national interest" and his determination to pursue it. This sets up a refrain, as he compares his ideas to Reagan policies: "One choice is in the national interest, and that choice could not be clearer...
...idea what the Vice President really thinks. When the aides who prepare him for his weekly one-on-one luncheon with the President grow curious about the fate of their ideas and ask about Reagan's reactions, the Vice President clams up. He is determined that no one discern differences between himself and the President...
Like World War II, the civil rights struggle of those years has acquired an aura of almost romantic purity. The goals were clear-cut and indisputable, the heroes and villains easy to discern, the achievements tangible and lasting. As the documentary points out, Selma was not just a culmination but the end of an era. Soon to come were the big-city race riots, a more militant strain of student protest and a breakup of the coalition that had driven the campaign for racial equality. Eyes on the Prize recalls the days when the sheer rightness of the cause...
...take risks. No one claims that safety rules have been relaxed. Indeed, the vast majority of controllers, pilots and federal inspectors are working hard and competently to avoid accidents. But, says Jerome Lederer, founder of the private Flight Safety Foundation, "from now on the problem will be to discern who is obeying the rules. When passenger safety vs. profits is involved, these are questions of conscience." One pilot, speaking anonymously, sums up what he perceives as the all too common attitude in airline executive suites: "It's a business. Make the buck and take the chance...
...final 40% of the $100 million in aid for the contras that it approved last year. The fear that Congress might cut off aid to punish the White House for slipping Iranian arms-sale profits to the contras has faded; reliable nose counters like Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole discern a majority in favor of continued help. But it is an extremely thin one -- perhaps 51 to 49 in the Senate -- and vulnerable to any change in the political winds...