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- noun Plural form of
distinction .
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For the _distinctions_ are found, many of them, but we conclude _no precepts_ upon them '; it is induction then that we want here, after all -- _here_ also -- here as elsewhere:' the distinctions are found, many of them, but we _conclude no precepts_ upon them: wherein our fault is the greater, because both HISTORY,
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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Learning distinctions is particularly important when government at all levels becomes ever more intrusive, regulating the lives of everyone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010
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The great difficulty of making these fine distinctions is part of the “brain surgery with a sledgehammer” argument against attempting to intervene at all.
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One of the main distinctions between American Idol and its less-popular Fox cousin is obvious: Dance's winner will almost certainly not become an instant household name.
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And I think one of those distinctions is that conservatives believe in - that the Republican needs a core of common cultural values, which they perceived as threatened by very high levels of even legal immigration, by linguistic fracturing in the country, which is why, for example, conservatives long supported English-only laws.
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But, please stop merely repeating obvious distinctions and argue why any of these distinctions is determinative.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review? 2010
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Learning distinctions is particularly important when government at all levels becomes ever more intrusive, regulating the lives of everyone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010
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Equally, while the English language might make certain distinctions, for instance, between rivers and streams, other languages will wish to make different ones.
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Moneyrunner: Learning distinctions is particularly important when government at all levels becomes ever more intrusive, regulating the lives of everyone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010
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And I think one of those distinctions is that conservatives believe in - that the Republican needs a core of common cultural values, which they perceived as threatened by very high levels of even legal immigration, by linguistic fracturing in the country, which is why, for example, conservatives long supported English-only laws.
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