Word: distinguisher
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...period of profound social turmoil--as in the years of our impeached but unconvicted president, Andrew Johnson, and now--any challenge to even the temporary power holders seems to threaten disaster. Clearly, the Founding Fathers intended impeachment to be a last resort, but just as clearly did they distinguish between president and presidency, and between a president and the kings whose oppression they had suffered. Hamilton writes in the Federalist Papers that...
...Those unable to reap full benefits from their natural rights are apparently to stand aside from life for the sake of the more fortunate. Injustice is to be corrected by expunging its victims. We must distinguish and ruthlessly discredit that portion of our reaction built on a horror of the apparently grotesque. Our primitive urge to destroy that which is unlike and yet like ourselves is extremely compelling: perhaps it is the major force behind moral catastrophe...
...intrigues, these memoirs are at first appealing in their simplicity and gossipy perceptions, but soon melt into each other. Straightforward once-upon-a-time rhythms become monotonous, especially since Prose does not shift tones of voice. She introduces few variations--in speech patterns, humor, or sarcasm, for example--to distinguish the players' musings...
...ambiguity in their attitude toward class. While some students seek to escape organizational constraint by pursuing careers as writers or artists, few search for a life of creative activity. When pressed, many of these free souls will reveal the ambition of celebrity. A commitment to significant work does not distinguish them from the aspirants for a professional career; rather, their commitment is curiously passive to the anticipation of being regarded as having done significant work. While their longing is for legitimacy, it involves the acceptance of life as a pathetic parody...
Neither O'Keefe or any of the other guards wear guns. Only their light blue shirts and navy blue pants distinguish them from the inmates. A few wear silver badges pinned on their shirt pockets. One or two thick silver rings full of jangling keys dangle from a couple of the guards' belts. The guards, many of them Boston area college students, joked and laughed with the inmates...