Word: understand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this is true, it is easy enough to understand, without the usual explanation: diplomatic ill-health. Myron T. Herrick will be 70 in October and his post is a trying one. He first served as Ambassador to Paris under President Taft, was again drafted for that post by President Wilson. Since 1921, Mr. Herrick has had only one leave of absence, which came last year. He is much attached to the Paris post, but of late it has been a severe tax on his strength, with the result that he has not been well. His resignation, if the reports...
...American people are, however, beginning to understand the Japanese immigration question since the controversy has assumed the present proportion; and I hope their understanding will lead to a future solution of the problem...
...Please understand my deep appreciation of the generosity and friendliness of the present and past members of your board and of the parish. The ending of such a relationship as ours cannot be to me anything but a matter of deep grief...
...scene is laid in Boston, which Mr. Henry describes as a place with "an air genteel of respectability, which makes you understand that worldly wealth must not be discussed in public, and that on no account must you mention castor oil in the presence of ladies." It purports to be the diary of a middle-aged ex-professor in a boys' school who on the death of his uncle becomes automatically possessed of the latter's Boston house and cheerful $20,000 income, and on his own account, of an engaging ability to play around with flappers...
...marched out in smothered rage. The audience tittered gleefully. Chaliapin stood his ground. A new conductor, De Posse, formerly of the Chicago Opera, was hustled to the desk. The opera went on. The buzz of perplexity is heard in Continental musical circles. The Russian temperament is difficult to understand...