Word: distinguish
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...during the last two years, critics have worked hard to draw important distinctions. Those who condemn current policies of the Israeli government underscore that, in doing so, they are not denying Israel's right to exist. Similarly, critics of the Israeli role in the occupied territories are careful to distinguish between governance in the territories and policy within Israel proper...
Unfortunately, there are no such candidates. The anti-rent control candidates fail to distinguish themselves on other issues. Although we believe that the candidates endorsed by the staff are misguided in their uncritical advocacy of rent control, they are, on balance, the better candidates...
...have grown five times as fast as the rest of the U.S. population since 1980. Their number has leaped 39% and is now 20.1 million, 8.2% of the U.S. total. The figures, released last week, came from a Census Bureau survey conducted in March, which made no attempt to distinguish between legal and illegal residents...
...because it contributes to the accumulation of fatty deposits that block arteries, but large amounts of HDL are thought to be beneficial because they seem to help clean the blood vessels. Moore correctly points out that many routine cholesterol checks may be misleading, since the tests often do not distinguish between LDL and HDL levels, and those that do may be inaccurate...
Young based his ruling on the testimony of Dr. Jerome Lejeune, a French specialist in human genetics who testified that the seven embryos each have unique characteristics that distinguish them as human beings. Three other experts argued that the embryos possess only the potential for life. Their views echo those of professional groups like the American Fertility Society, whose ethical committee in 1986 concluded that "the pre-embryo deserves respect greater than that accorded to human tissue but not the respect accorded to actual persons...