Word: distinguishable
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...director so as to bring the audience from one point of knowledge about the character to another. And just as on a train it's impossible to tell if you are moving forward or the landscape is moving backwards, in a novel or film it's difficult to distinguish between a shift in a given character and a shift in the ways you are allowed to perceive that character...
...five boroughs of New York City. Media sentimentalism ensued, nostalgic rhapsodies about the "subway series." My guess is that the rest of the country is satisfied to watch one New York team at a time - at most. One species of the lout is enough. Most people do not distinguish the mythologies of the Mets from those of the Yankees (it's not the same as the old Yankee-Dodger dichotomy) and so it was hard for outlanders to know which side to root...
...speakers at the rally said there is no way to distinguish between discrimination based on beliefs and that based on other traits...
...rise in performing the rite of exorcism by the Roman Catholic Church may sound like a movie premise [RELIGION, Oct. 2], but the growth in the number of people who seem unable to distinguish reality from what they see in the movies and on television should be a cause for concern. Isn't it dubious to blame Satan for the lack of a moral anchor and an increased flirtation with paganism? Mightn't these be signs of growing scientific illiteracy and irrationalism? We humans should take responsibility for our actions and stop blaming God and Satan for our shortcomings...
...trust of citizens that the carefully appointed justices will make the right decision. It is their job to decide what is right and what is wrong and to ensure that justice is done for every American. If the men and women of the justice system are unable to distinguish what is right from what is clearly wrong in their own lives, as Brock has proven, they are unworthy of the privilege to decide for others...