Word: understand
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...pleasant the game will be played on the asphalt court back of the Gymnasium; otherwise it will be played in the Gymnasium proper. In this case, the running gallery will be reserved for spectators. Dr. Sargent is anxious that as many men as possible should see the game and understand how it is played...
...time able to make their five yards. The '00 backs also put up a strong game, making long runs behind good interference. In this respect the Freshmen were especially superior to W. A. C., for the latter absolutely lacked team work and appeared frequently not to understand their signals...
Brief.I. Cabinet system can not be objected to on the grounds that the framers of the Constitution were opposed to it. A. Could not have adopted it if they had so decided. 1. System was still immature in England. 2. Framers in copying the English constitution did not understand the English form of government. B. Present system due to jealousies of the States toward central government...
What the writer can mean by that phrase "with no issues at all," I cannot understand. It needs explanation, and so do many other expressions, such as "unsatisfied by the general practice of inheritance." Indeed we might require an explanation of the spirit and the sentiments expressed in the entire editorial...
...question as to the form and inner arrangements of the Greek Theatre is one most ardently discussed at the present time among archaeologists and classical scholars. It interests not only the professional scholar, but also the lover of literature,- since it is impossible to appreciate or even to understand the Greek dramas without knowing how they were brought out; and their representation was dependent on the inner arrangements of the theatre. Until recently it has been universally believed that, in the action of the Greek play, actors and chorus occupied separate parts of the theatre:- the former a narrow stage...