Word: distinguish
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...earn a single A--except in singing and in German. Of course I had an alibi. These were all Slovak schools, and I started to learn this language only at 10. Unfortunately, it is hard to invoke this excuse for mathematics, and I certainly did not distinguish myself in this subject, either...My grades were C's and an occasional...
...well-developed dialogue between so many strong and flashy sculptures often makes it difficult for drawings to get a word in edgewise. Yet despite tough odds, several works manage to distinguish themselves from the more academic studies in the show. Dave Steiner's two hilariously captivating oil drawings explore his psychological relationship with a grinning frog doll, possibly a cousin of Kermit. "Froggy with Orator" depicts a man sitting behind a table, one index finger raised in exclamation. But the orator's bulging-eyed companion doesn't seem to be listening as he charmingly mugs for us on the right...
...Cotton implies in discussing the national dialogue on race, talk can be cheap. But talk can also be powerful if everyone is involved in the discussions as both speakers and listeners, and if everyone takes their own and others' ideas seriously. Dialogue is distinguished from chatter by its ability to force the participants to undergo self-examination at the same time that they are making attempts at persuasion. It would be nice to see the national dialogue on race materialize into some form of practical action. But to distinguish dialogue (as opposed to chatter) from action, or to suggest that...
...course there is more to it than that. A perfectionist, she has turned herself into one of the best in her narrow field; her 20-ft. palms are almost impossible to distinguish from living vegetation. "Our goal is to make you stand up and touch it to find out if it is real," says Lewis. She has allied herself with another globe-trotting expert: Paul Steelman, an interior architect who specializes in casinos. "Linda follows us around and helps create the casinos we want to create," says he. In a world hungry not just for American style but for American...
...critic Robert Hughes would have the sensitivity and perspective to see artist Robert Rauschenberg [ART, Oct. 27] as the Walt Whitman of the 20th century art world? Who could better distinguish the American character of Rauschenberg's work than a critic who just completed a marathon book on our visual culture, American Visions? KIT BASQUIN Milwaukee...