Word: discerning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...French insistence on the atom bomb is, of course, based partly on considerations of prestige and of grandeur, but perhaps we can discern more mundane military reasoning involved. Once the French have put their name on the label, I surmise that de Gaulle will quietly "Europeanize" the bomb project, and bring in German technicians. The object of these efforts would be to increase the Continent's nuclear power to the point where it could annihilate the U.S.S.R. Then the block would have won its freedom both from fear of Russia, and from dependence on the United States for protection...
Time to Swallow. Most volatile issue in Ethiopia today, however, is not economics but relations with the neighboring Somalilands (TIME, Sept. 14). In the rise of a Pan-Somalia movement among the tribes of French, British and Italian Somaliland, the Ethiopians fancy they discern the bogeyman of British and Italian imperialism. This, plus Italian Somali-land's decision to demand a U.N.-supervised referendum in Somali grazing lands inside the borders of Ethiopia, constitute one of the chief sources of Haile Selassie's growing suspicion of the West. With an age-old fear of Moslem encirclement, the Ethiopians...
Much tidying up yet remains. To this day, parts of Canada still fly the British Union Jack, although the government is trying during the pageantry of the Queen's visit to spread the use of the Red Ensign, with its hard-to-discern Canadian shield. Canadians are unable to decide on a national anthem, and sing either God Save the Queen or O Canada...
Confused critics confessed that they found Gallizio's drippings and crisscross calligraphy as good as or better than most abstractions. Said the art critic of Munich's Süddeutsche Zeitung: "After all, in the circus we have learned to discern fine artistry and great human values beneath a clown." Said irreverent Painter Pinot Gallizio, a former professor of chemistry and amateur archaeologist who turned painter only seven years ago: "Painting as such has reached the end of its road. From now on, the human eye will be perfectly satisfied by seeing any color or shape, provided...
...care to publish the following data, here are the figures for withdrawals (drop-outs) for all reasons, expressed in terms of percentages of enrollment, for the last five academic years. It is hard to discern any trend in these figures. Withdrawals Whole College New Freshmen...