Word: discernment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...instigation of the Prime Minister. They hear that Viscount Halifax, an eminent Churchman whom Mr. Baldwin sent to India as Viceroy some years ago, either knew in advance what the Bishop was going to say or actually put him up to it. Behind Politician Baldwin the proverbially canny Yorkshiremen discern his famed churchy wife, Lucy. They know that the Prime Minister was furious three weeks ago- when Edward VIII told the jobless of South Wales that more must be done for them than the Cabinet thinks the country can afford. They are willing to bet that Mrs. Baldwin will never...
...posters which were ordered for display in Tampa this week, and underneath they were supposed to bear the seal of the Federation, two clasped hands. But when the posters were distributed a square of white paper was pasted over the seal. Those who peered closely at the paper could discern through it the outlines of some jokester's prank. The posters had been printed not with two clasped hands but with two clenched fists shaking at each other...
...requires no master mind to discern that Harvard's paper potentialities for next year are not as bright as they were at the beginning of the 1935-'36 season. As Stubbs himself said, "Harvard had everything this year. Our fourth line, and third defense pair would have placed well on most any other team we played." But in spite of its losses, the Crimson squad will begin the coming season with as good material as any of the other league members. Stubbs' toughest problem is to find a good net-tender, and the outcome of the season may depend...
...Kind Lady" is carried on, and the entire plot of the present production is concerned with the machinations of a slippery clan of genteel racketeers. For the first three of the five scenes, however, the craft is coverered by the show, and the flattering challenge is issued to discern the infernal workings under the velvet cloth...
Recently I have been rereading those articles of Heywood Broun which are brought together in his book, "it seems to Me." It is easy enough to discern the man's talents and to see why it is that the sophisticated world "goes for him."In fact, I envy not a little his art of happy phrasing, dramatic power, conciseness, together with the whole bag of tricks which he has mastered. However, I think that all this brilliance and techniques make me dislike the more this man's writings for art in such a case makes palpable half-truths and even...