Word: understand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...behavior of Presidential Adviser Clark Clifford had been puzzling White House newsmen for a week and a half. In view of the political debacle facing the Truman Administration, it was hard to understand how handsome Mr. Clifford could look so happy and knowing. He looked like a man who had something up his sleeve...
...pistol. In sentencing Cootch-Dancer Schmidt to 15 yeacs for manslaughter (TIME, Feb. 2), the judges had chided her for "appearing nude on the deck of [Mee's] yacht like a nymph," and for "swimming naked in [Havana] Bay." Said Toledo-born Satira: "They just don't understand our customs...
...localized news until it squeaks," says the Duchess. "If I can make my Aunt Kate back in Pontiac really understand ECA or the airlift or what they're talking about in Congress, then I've got something that's good for Aunt Kate and makes money for Tufty...
Besides these factors today is Homecoming Day in Ithaca. To understand what homecoming can mean, one must only realize that Cornell has long been considered "the biggest Midwestern school in the East." And today is also' the 80th anniversary of the opening of classes at Cornell...
...many years, thesis courses were offered by departments administering General Examinations. This was supposed to include tutorial as well. But it was always hard to find brilliant young men who could understand and really teach undergraduates. Because of its high standards, the Economics Department had a difficult time; it took from three to five years to turn out a first-class tutor. Then came the war, and afterward the Department was faced with the task of breaking in a completely new staff. The job was further complicated by the fact that these potential tutors were snapped up by other Universities...