Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Lucas in Illinois and Mike Mansfield in Montana, he had done little plugging of candidates). But there was no doubt that he had done himself a lot of good. He reduces the issues, said the New York Times correspondent admiringly, "to town-size so any dirt farmer can understand them." There were no Republicans aboard to complain "Yes, but how about the deficit?" There were no Southern Democrats to point out how little he had accomplished. There had been only Harry Truman, the salesman of good intentions and the man with the common touch, wearing the aura of the presidency...
...good reason, he loves his adopted England. "In England," he explains happily, "it is everyzing for zee birds and animals. It is amazing how zey understand how important...
...outsider, the reporter "knows nothing ... he cannot be a specialist in you and your problems." But unless "you make him understand the special circumstances, the technical reasons ... he will fail to make his readers understand...
...piece is a fairy tale. Although Lorea employs many local color expressions in his language, it is still easy to enjoy and understand the play...
...union head-quarters asking for similar help. Golden, chiefly to save union jobs, got Scanlon to Pittsburgh and put him to work installing his plan in these companies. Besides having been an open hearth worker, and a professional boxer, Scanlon had had training as an accountant; his ability to understand business problems won him the respect of management. Whenever a failing company took his advice, they stayed in business...