Word: comprehend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...relative handful of Americans who really comprehend the intricacies of the Federal Reserve System's operations in the money market. George Wilder Mitchell, 57, last week got his just desserts: the Senate approved his appointment by President Kennedy to the Fed's seven-man Board. An economic liberal who favors low interest rates and perhaps more power for the Fed's chairman, he was sponsored by a fellow liberal, Chief Presidential Economist Walter Heller. Mitchell, until now a vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, is also a tax expert who was Illinois director...
...they are victims by association. Booth's sorry hangers-on, with one exception (Payne, who did attempt to murder Secretary of State Seward), are merely frightened and bewildered. And poor Mary Surratt, kind, dignified and finally broken, goes to the gallows wondering at the inhumanity she can hardly comprehend. Stacton's villain is Secretary of War Stanton who organized the military trial, hand-picked the judges and suborned witnesses...
...lost prestige on many fronts because its foreign-policy makers were unable to comprehend the changes that were taking place in several countries. The change that is taking place under President Quadros is a healthy one, and Brazil certainly deserves a credit of confidence from this country in order to continue forging ahead speedily for its place in the sun among the great powers of the West. Before the U.S. tries to convert its enemies into friends, let it consolidate its relationship with its real allies and friends. I believe your article did much to help create a better understanding...
...oratory about U.S. defenses during the campaign, he might have expected to take over a department comparable in style, power and esprit to the Union forces at First Bull Run. But he knew better. Working side by side with Tom Gates for a month before inauguration, he came to comprehend the vastness of the 2,500,000-man U.S. armed forces soon to be at his command. They are second to none, and far and away the most powerful force in the history of warfare. U.S. Air Force bombers prowl the skies on day and night alert throughout the world...
...comprehend South American problems...