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Word: distinguish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most of the songs do not distinguish themselves from the driving, beat-muddled lyric style of too many of today's dance songs. Cuts like "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" and "What's Goin' On" would be appreciated at a smoke-filled club where all the songs blend together. It's ironic that during "What's Goin' On," DOS raps, "Definition of Sound treating music different...

Author: By Howard S. Axelrod, | Title: Defining Sound | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

THAT SAS UTTERLY FAILS to distinguish between reality, revisionism, and rubbish--or at least chooses not to make such distinctions--is not even the most offensive part of its flier...

Author: By Richard A. Primus, | Title: Zionism Isn't Racism | 12/17/1991 | See Source »

Atkins ruled that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service had used inadequate methods to distinguish Haitians who are genuine political refugees from economic migrants who are not eligible for asylum. Attorneys for the Haitians found that INS officers had insufficient knowledge of the grounds for asylum and knew virtually nothing about political conditions in Haiti. The government has been given a week to draw up new procedures. Meanwhile, the seaborne exodus from Haiti shows no signs of slowing down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refugees: Reprieve for The Haitians | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

...sure that Elehwany, the writer of My Girl, didn't mean to slander the world's bees. Like most of the world's humans, he was just raised in ignorance and bigotry, unable to distinguish between his friends the bees and his foes the yellowjackets...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: The Bee Lie | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

...accommodationist sentiment has grown. Two years ago, North Carolina's board of education launched a revision of the state curriculum to include religious references in classes on history, social studies and culture. Other states, such as Arizona and California, have introduced similar programs, though all have been careful to distinguish between exposing students to the history and beliefs of various religions and advocating any creed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Holy War | 12/9/1991 | See Source »

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