Word: discernment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mainkhi of Osaka said: "Russia has now gained a strategic advantage over Japan owing to the recognition accorded her by Britain. . . We ought to be very attentive to the changing situation in Europe." The Tokyo Asahi said: "Woe to our statesmen who have not the keen insight to discern the trend of the times. It is a great pity the State ministers have not the courage to carry out their own convictions. Jealousy and prejudice are ever growing graver detriments to this Empire." There was nothing to indicate that Japan would give immediate attention to the recognition of Russia...
...fortunately the University is no longer fettered by that rather unpleasant creed to which our worthy Founder subscribed--is that Catholics, in common with other people, maintain the required standards of scholarship and discipline. As for Catholic students having "banded together," and having "even a club", I fail to discern that it is one iota more sinister than the activities of the Masonic Club, or of the Menorah Society for that matter...
Thinking people will discern immediately that Dempsey has taken a false step. In fact, his ingenuous enthusiasm for this vialled virility seems for the moment to have swept him off his feet. Not only has the fighter become involved in this strategic blunder, but his manager as well. Jack Kearns, whose brain held up Shelby and the nation for $100,000, has forgotten himself so far as to give away the secret of his success. He, too, admits that Nuxated Iron is vital to his champion's " phenomenal victories...
President Harding's letter does not indicate just where he feels the responsibility lies. He says: "I do not find myself able to discern any adequate question of principle which could justify a minority of the interests involved in this distressing situation in refusing to make settlements similar to those which have been made by the majority...