Word: distinguishable
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...other signal movie of the '50s was Hellcats of the Navy. It is famous as the one film to co-star Reagan and his second bride Nancy Davis. In fact, Davis' role is small and she doesn't distinguish herself in it. But Reagan is impressive as a World War II naval hero with a hint of Bogart's neurotic Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny. In the attempt to discover Japanese sea lanes, submarine commander Casey Abbott makes a decision that kills 60 of his men. He is both firm in his belief that he did the greatest good...
...Friends distinguish between Pierce’s two college personas by referring to his party-animal alter-ego of freshman and sophomore years as “Pre-Moroccan Jeff”—or “PMJ” for short...
...will come as a great surprise if Baron Cohen appears on stage without the diamonds—er, “ice”—urban trackwear and scathing wit that distinguish him as Ali G, the fictional character who has taken Europe and the United States by storm in recent years...
...important point to recognize is that I run an experimental research group, but in an experimental group it is very hard to distinguish what I do and what the very talented students do,” Whitesides said. “We are obviously very collectively pleased...
Food marketers are increasingly sidestepping TV. At Nabiscoworld.com for instance, children are enticed to play an Oreo dunking game, join a Chips Ahoy party and race around in a Triscuit 4x4. Harmless fun? It would be if children under age 8 could distinguish between advertising and entertainment. But psychologists say most kids that young are unable to recognize the concept of "persuasive intent" in commercials, and health advocates charge that food companies are exploiting this confusion...