Word: distinguisher
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...cent of black South Africans fall below the poverty datum line, the absolute minumum standard of living. A third, smaller boy, his elbows poking through his man's-size shirt, runs up to join the other picanins (as my liberal white friend who is driving calls the boys, to distinguish them from the boys who make up the adult male population, I suppose). The first two fight the new boy off, threatening to hit him with an empty bottle over five cents. I am told not to intervene: they are blacks first, not children fighting, and I am an alien...
...first issue of the Star punched pretty hard, meaning that it was difficult to distinguish it from its rivals. The main selling point is a daily "Starbird," a full-page bare-breasted crumpet on page 7 (the Sun usually carries its cuties on page 3, the Mirror on page 5 or 7). The Star's top Stories: MODEL'S MYSTERY PLUNGE (she fell all of 12 ft. from the window of her lover's flat and broke her ankles), I WAS HIDING DRINK IN THE GROCERIES (a soccer player's drinking problem), BEAUTY AND THE PRIEST...
...trick, as always, is to be able to distinguish the real article from the genuine imitation...
...that contrast dramatically with the haughty demeanor of the Shah. "Here there is no professor-student relationship," says a pupil. "What we have is dialogue. We sit as equals with him, staying until we have mastered a series of books on Islam. It is age, learning and holiness that distinguish him from the rest of us." But Sharietmadari is also tough and politically canny. He opposes the regime for many reasons, including its record of torture, censorship and bribery. Despite his public modesty, he displays total confidence about his status among his 32 million Shi'ite Muslim followers...
...splicing or recombinant DNA techniques, they hitched their two synthetic insulin genes individually to one of the bacterium's own genes. Then they inserted both the synthetic and the natural material into fresh E. coli. As a result, E. coli's DNA-reading machinery was unable to distinguish the foreign genes from its own and began ordering up production of the two chains of insulin. When the bacteria divided, each new generation of E. coli retained the insulin-making ability. Boasted City of Hope's Arthur Riggs: "We have tricked the bacteria." All that...