When I need to get my game face on, or am feeling particularly anxious, or just need a little centering, I repeat a prayer taken from the Episcopal baptismal service in the Book of Common Prayer: "Dear Lord, sustain me in your grace; grant me an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and persevere, the spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works".
Thanks to the stunning preservation, the researchers could not only discern a heart and a circulatory system in these 3-centimeter fossils, but also some of the hallmarks of chordates, such as a dorsal nerve cord and a notochord, a rod of stiff tissue that provides support along the back of the body.
The Manchester Guardian was sympathetic to Harris' case, stating that Manchester's 'smooth and sporting roadways [were] the joy of every discerning cyclist's heart.' Reg Harris went on to win two silver medals at the 1948 Games, including the 2,000m tandem cycle.
They came, they saw and they conquered the hearts of the notoriously discerning audiences of New York.
Much of the brain's information processing involves such decision making, from controlling breathing, heart rate, and balance, to discerning form, movement, and faces, to producing the creative and analytic thought processes involved in reasoning, planning, and decision-making.
One thing is certain, though: There's a fine line between love and hate, and Regina's heart no longer seems capable of discerning the difference.
DreamWorks calls for a sensitive sociologist — a Tom Wolfe or a Norman Mailer or a Pauline Kael — who can discern the deep, divided heart of Hollywood.
Describing a boundary only makes sense when observing a structure whose internal architecture cannot be discerned, e.g. "The heart and mediastinum are within normal limits" on a CXR [3].
It takes an open mind and heart to discern it.
Will you have drones?" I said, "A pure heart can discern impurity wherever it molders.
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