Word: understand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...concluded that there was a connection between these two facts, and so, a fortnight ago in Seoul, he posted "new policies [that] restrict logistical support and various privileges to authorized dependents of personnel who are on a service-directed accompanied tour of 24 months." This was hard enough to understand even for people brought up in English. But Korean wives, most of whom are married to G.I.s serving standard, 13-month tours, soon got the idea: henceforth they were to be excluded from use of the PX. An Eighth Army spokesman was tactless enough to put the point intelligibly: "Some...
...spokesman for the U.S. delegation hailed the report as one that would "enable the Security Council to better understand the danger that confronts Laos...
...given to each Council member and, possibly, to each student in the Class of 1963. After further debate and consideration, the Freshman Student Council will make its decision on supporting or opposing President Pusey's action. As of this moment, we are neutral and will remain so until we understand all the facts and implications of the problem! Michael Belknap Chairman of the Freshman Student Council
Russian became more than a power to reckon with; it was a nation that Americans needed desperately to study and to understand. Academic circles realized that American scholarship in the Russian field had been sporadic, disorganized and incomplete. And thus, in the spring of 1947, the Carnegie Corporation proposed the establishment of a program in Russian studies which would lay additional stress on the often neglected areas of psychology and anthropology...
...really very little," he says. "In fact, it cost me nothing. I teach a course at U.C.L.A. one night a week, and my income from that is enough to cover the boy's education." Kao finds it strange that this should interest anyone. "Really, I do not understand why anyone should question why someone helps someone else. If you are capable, you help. That...