Word: understand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gone mostly for technical-assistance projects in the back country.) In his luncheon toast to the Moslem King, Ike stressed mutual "great spiritual values" and readiness to "advance the cause of freedom." The King, too, told Ike his troubles and seemed delighted that the President could understand his urgent geographical need to stress neutrality...
...those in the West who had said that he did not deserve it. Quasimodo pooh-poohed the Soviet oppression of Hungary, lashed out at Western publications that had hinted that he was a Red. Said the new Nobelman: "It is said that I am proud, conceited, and difficult to understand. The truth is that I am loved by the people...
Herman Weiss, another American tourist, explains to Juniper the depth of Judaism: "You don't understand, padre. You see, the Christians have never been prosecuted." Milton Selzer, who portrays Weiss, teams with Patricia Bright, his wife in the play, and Miss Latham to present a searing and ribald caricature of antiseptic American tourists in the earthy land of Mexico...
...making a good recovery from major surgery, who was sinking fast until a chaplain-intern persuaded him that he still had much to live for. "Every person's life is vitally affected by his faith and religion," says Dr. Bryan. "The institute trains the health team to understand and use these spiritual resources...
...sales this year are sparked by new touches of realism. Explains Remco Industries President Saul Robbins: "Instead of the old Buck Rogers fantasy of flapping from one planet to another with a vaporizing gun, we're emphasizing land-based space. Children have to have something they can understand. Outer space is too futuresque for them." To duplicate the thrill of a rocket launching, Louis Marx & Co., world's largest toymaker, is offering a Cape Canaveral Missile Base set (list price: $7.98), with a phonograph record of actual launching countdowns. Ideal's Electronic Fighter Jet (list price...