Word: distinguisher
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...million and the 12-episode first season, $100 million. Shooting began in March 2004 but was delayed as HBO shuffled producers and reshot chunks of the first three episodes (directed by filmmaker Michael Apted). It also had the largely British cast drop the regional accents they had used to distinguish the classes, deeming them too inscrutable for Americans...
...MARRIED. CARLOS BATUR?N, 69, and EMILIO MEN?NDEZ, 50; in Spain's first gay marriage since its parliament legalized same-sex unions last month; in Madrid. The couple applied to be wed after the new law, which does not distinguish between homosexual and heterosexual marriages, came into effect on July 3. Batur?n, a psychiatrist, and Men?ndez, a store-window decorator, first met 30 years ago when homosexuality was illegal in Spain; now, the country is the fourth in the world to legalize same-sex marriage...
...Apple’s iTunes software’s new podcast function is based on RSS feeds, allowing users to download thousands of radio shows at no charge for later listening, according to the company’s website. Podcasting’s provisions for non-real-time listening distinguish it from existing streaming-media technology...
...Yambo describes the mechanisms he quickly develops to distinguish former mistresses from the other total strangers who greet him in the streets. Although he first describes Paola as beautiful despite her years, this seems to have little hold over Yambo’s attention; he quickly becomes preoccupied with finding out whether he has had an affair with the pretty Eastern European who assists him in his office...
...more fighting lies ahead. The Taliban's offensive shows no sign of waning and is apparently aimed at sabotaging September's parliamentary elections. U.S. Colonel Don McGraw, director of operations of the Combined Forces Command in Kabul, says that in the chaos of Afghanistan today, it is hard to distinguish among what is the work of the Taliban, drug traffickers and criminal gangs...