Word: distinguishing
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...roar [of accusation] I now heard, I thought I could distinguish different tones--of the gullible, of those who hated the abstraction I represented, of those who knew some history and would never forgive the foreign powers for their part in it, but also of some who were too shrewd and wise to have been taken in by the charade of the day, and--oh, yes, I could hear them--of those who loved me. They all pronounced the same word...
...open meeting, as it has in the last several years, in which the public can voice its concerns. It decided not necessarily to take a stand on complete divestment by the end of the year. But it did decide to help the Corporation define "direct involvement," which would distinguish those companies supplying rare goods to South Africa from those only paying taxes or selling readily attainable products. This definition would enable Harvard to remain invested in companies being business in the apartheid state as long as those companies are not applying rare goods. Harvard could then claim that companies...
...often hard to distinguish between technique and superstition in sports. Harvard men's tennis singles whiz William Stanley '87 includes his penchant for bouncing the ball four times before each serve in the category of technique, specifically rhythm...
...distaff side, the featured item for the spring is lots and lots and lots of wool coats, with trickily designed lapels and buttons solely designed solely to distinguish your coat from the thousands of cheaper models hanging in secondhand shops throughout the nation. The window pane checked Ferragomo coat is nice example, particularly when compared to the coccoon coat from Callaghan--an attempt, I guess, to evoke the fond memories of the Stay-Puff Marshmallow...
While individual organizations did their best to convince members of the platform committee to include planks on their concerns, party leaders emphasized the need to distinguish the 1985 platform from past party statements...