Word: understand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hard for a writer in the Western tradition to understand the atmosphere of Russia," admitted Novelist Thomas Mann, "hard for him to understand a man like Shostakovich kneeling down before the authorities. And yet, after all, in the Middle Ages artists lived under the dogma of the church and felt relatively free. It is possible-is it possible?-for an artist to function within a frame of philosophy .whose limits cannot be transcended ... I don't know...
...only schoolbook that ever baffled him was Quackenbos' Principles of Rhetoric. No matter how he struggled, young Archibald Henderson of Salisbury, N.C. could not understand it. Finally one day his teacher blew up, slammed the Principles shut, threw the book at Henderson, and sent him from his classroom forever. "In Quackenbos," recalls Archibald Henderson, "I met my master...
...step of Lamont, wheeled around the corner, and headed for Mass. Avenue. Behind him he heard the whisper of raincoats and the echo of two pairs of footsteps. One of them was wearing high heels. She was laughing comfortably and mumbling just low enough so that he couldn't understand what she was saying...
...most likely to cause conception when he has abstained from sexual intercourse for five days. In general, said Dr. Farris, only 40% of U.S. males are highly fertile, 17% are sterile. Said he: "We don't .understand what causes about 20% of sterility in men. Maybe it's a result of our civilization...
Consequently, his course in Russian Revolutionary Thought is given in the afternoon. He says the course has been handicapped by the absence of English translations of important writings by nineteenth century revolutionists. "It's as if you tried to understand French Revolution knowing Diderot was in favor of science, Rousseau rather enthusiastic, Voltaire disliked Church--but all in Chinese, so can't bother with them...