Word: interpretted
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Karl Marx is alleged to have said, "Philosophers have attempted to interpret the world, but the point is to change it." He did not say that philosophers have attempted to understand the world--for understanding the world implies criticizing previous interpretations--which is the prerequisite and springboard for action. Hence, we can conclude that the effectiveness of action for the enhancing of blacks is directly proportionate to the quality of knowledge and understanding on which that action is based...
...expected but still humiliating eight percentage points, government spokesmen began sounding unaccustomed notes of understanding and humility. "The vote of the French is like a warning shot," said Alain Peyrefitte, leader of the Gaullist U.D.R. party, shortly before this week's balloting. "We will know how to interpret their wishes...
...notorious organic chemistry course helped me understand some of the mechanisms and basic principles of biochemistry. Biochemistry, in turn, is important because medical science is exploring with increasing success the processes of life and of disease on a molecular level. To know what lab tests to order, how to interpret their results, and to be able to understand the relevant literature in clinical medicine, an elementary knowledge of biochemistry is important...
...British government will doubtless interpret the results as a vindication of its present policies. Almost immediately, it is expected to release its long-promised White Paper defining the future political status of Northern Ireland. The document reportedly will not call for a restoration of Ulster's Protestant-dominated Stormont Parliament, which was suspended a year ago. Instead, it will most likely create committees with responsibility for various sections of government; committee chairmanships will be carefully apportioned between Protestants and Catholics. The Special Powers Act, under which several hundred Catholics have been detained without trial, will be ended immediately...
...short, I would like to see our department pay more attention to an expanded view of economics in line with the pluralistic approach which has been its best tradition; but I do not interpret this as an attack on "neo-classical" analysis (which must be taught and learned) nor as an assignment of quotas to "radical economists." Indeed, a staffing policy aimed at filling "political" slots would be fatal to the intellectual quality of the department. What matters is increased concern with the broader aspects of economics and the socio-political forces in which the economic processes are embedded...