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Aesthetic theory has found no way to distinguish between the mediocre and the great, no way to tell us what is art. That, finally, is the unanswered question. Bernstein speaks well on Stravinsky's behalf, but the proof is in his conducting. And no amount of pseudoscientific analysis will prove Schoenberg wrong. His music speaks for itself...
Humane Paradigm. Arafat tried to distinguish his respect for the Jewish faith from his hatred of Zionism and appealed to his Jewish listeners to abandon the cause of Israel. "Let us remember that the Jews of Europe and the U.S. have been known to lead the struggles for secularism and the separation of church and state; they have also been known to fight against discrimination on religious grounds. How do they then refuse this humane paradigm for the Holy Land...
...popular party game (popular with me, anyway) was trying to distinguish the "imports" from the Princeton "coeds." It wasn't easy. I stared at one strikingly pretty woman for a full five minutes, waiting for her completely blank expression to change. It didn't. Of course, she may have had a good reason for her glazed look. "I'm so bored," I overheard one girl sigh. "My date isn't the most interesting person...
Both satellites are performing splendidly, but both are producing unexpected and undesired side effects: they are creating so much electronic interference that radio astronomers are sometimes virtually "blinded"-unable to distinguish the celestial radio signals so crucial to their work...
...bottled bounty comes in the form of domestic "varietals"-wines made principally from the grape named on the label. To the averagely educated palate-but not the shrunken purse -they are hard to distinguish from those of Burgundy, Bordeaux and the Rhine. Selling at $2 or less a fifth, elegantly bottled and labeled, they are the products of more than a decade of intensive experimentation by oenologists and vintners who selected, planted and cosseted the grapes in order to make serious wines nationally available at a good price...