Word: understand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were not downcast- after all, Iowa was a staunch Republican state and Mr. Meredith, however able, was a Democrat. As Secretary of Agriculture (1920-21), Mr. Meredith was in his element. He awakened scientists to problems agrarian; he set his Department on hundreds of investigations; he made the farmers understand that the services of the Department were both free and efficient...
...build their own buildings, study soil, crops, many another practical subject. Mr. Ford, reported as "intending to assist Berry with a foundation at the proper time," gave forth no interview at Rome. At Cincinnati, he said: "These young folks make very intelligent factory workers, .and are very trustworthy, I understand...
...Puffing slowly at his meerschaum he said: "You know, I never commanded in the way people imagine. What I did was to bring those about me to accept my opinions, which is quite a different thing. . . . To command is nothing. . . . What is necessary always is to get a good understanding with those with whom one has to deal, to understand them and get them to understand you. That is the whole secret, not only of successful command but of living...
...experience, I should advise every foreigner to avoid Italy unless necessity takes him there. . . . The attitude toward all foreigners at present is hostile and arrogant. Toward France it is not quite sane. . . . One must see the mobs rushing through the streets shouting: 'Down with France!' to understand the hysteria of feeling...
...president did not understand...