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Most Americans and Singaporeans -- like most Israelis, Palestinians, and other people the world over -- are far more decent, discerning, and trustworthy in daily life than are their leaders and champions in government and media.
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SOMEONE asked me recently how to discern decent sushi from great sushi, and, at a momentary loss for words, I fell back on paraphrasing that old Supreme Court platitude, "You'll know it when you taste it".
Cordeaux agrees: "People are becoming more discerning.
However, the adjectives used to describe Telemachus—"blameless", "discerning", and "decent"—are words with positive connotations in other of Tennyson's poetry and within the classical tradition, where "blameless" is an attribute of gods and heroes.
The food depository crunched 2009 census and Department of Agriculture data to discern "food insecurity," essentially poor access to food or a decent diet, or not knowing where a next meal will come from.
I can discern a half-decent Don Siegel B-picture in that bald outline, but not Lowery, whose pacing skirts perilously close to catatonia, making 90-some minutes seem like 19 hours of hard slog.
Discerning DJs.
They're discerning.
Decent conversationalist.
Be decent.
Decent odds.
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