Word: ascertain
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Editors later expanded the assignment, which was initially designed to ascertain how easy it is to gain access to clubs and bars with fake IDs, to include liquor stores, he said...
Attempting to ascertain Eugene Delacroix's theory of painting as 'life,' i might've learned more than intended. An unsettling detail form his published journal (translated from the French, courtesy of the Fogg): "Last Tuesday morning, a little baggage named Marie--19 years old--came to pose. I took a big chance of a disease with her." (Now that's romantic...
...find the judges wondering, for the example, "If whipping were to be authorized, how does one...ascertain the point which would distinguish the permissible from that which is cruel and unusual...
...order violates Packwood's constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and self-incrimination. Stein complained that the inquiry keeps expanding "like a balloon." Asked he: "Where is the end of it?" Not in sight. Already looking into charges of sexual misconduct, intimidation and influence peddling, the committee now will ascertain whether Packwood's tampering was an obstruction of Congress...
With these devices, a customer seeking to purchase cigarettes from a machine must request an attending salesperson to press a button inactivating the lock. The salesperson is supposed to ascertain that the customer is over 18 before allowing the sale...