Word: comprehend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...article, "The Era of Non-B"! How could you omit the terrible traffic of textbooks in the field of education, the area of lingo-jargon, grammatical error, meaningless repetition of four words (fundamental, needs, experiences, objectives), padded with graphs, charts, tables and diagrams that imply the reader may not comprehend the value of the paragraph, and therefore might catch...
...labor unions are not likely to voluntarily move vigorously to [abolish discrimination] unless there is some political leverage of pressure brought upon them from time to time. It is unfortunate that so many of our liberal friends, along with some of the leaders of labor, even yet do not comprehend the nature, scope, depth and challenge of this civil rights revolution which is surging forward in the house of labor and all areas of American life." To begin, Randolph will bear down with the "leverage of pressure" on both political parties. At the national conventions, he promises, Negro unionists...
...matter how carefully management may say it, workers often do not understand what the boss is trying to get across to them. So reported Princeton's Opinion Research Corp. last week. Only 12% of the workers fully comprehend the average company house-organ article, said the report...
...familiar with the script of the Oberammergau Passion play. Perhaps it does contain, or has contained, expressions of special blame and bitterness toward the Jews [March 21J. If this is the case, they are the product of a too general Christian failure to comprehend the meaning of Calvary...
Like many a wartime child in whatever country, Janek becomes a man long before he stops being a boy. He learns about bravery and suffering before he can comprehend their motivation. His first and only love affair is with a girl not much older than he who is both a prostitute for the German troops and a spy for the partisans. He sees his comrades die while other Poles play the black-market game, digs for acorns in the snow when the last potato is gone. And all the time he remains in part a baffled child who avidly reads...