Word: understand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...basic problems of the area." The time for the U.S. to attack these problems, reported TIME correspondents in London, Cairo and Tel Aviv, will never be more opportune than now. For despite massive Russian propaganda attempts to claim credit for stopping Middle East aggression, both Arabs and Israelis understand that the U.S.: 1) comes out of the crisis with clean hands and unparalleled moral authority; 2) seeks no private gain in the Middle East area; and 3) is the only nation that can provide the stability the Middle East must have before it can attack its vital economic and political...
...policy, my beliefs, my convictions and a program, then I would be arrogating to myself a tremendous personal magnetism and standing that probably would make me about as egotistical as any man in the world. If they don't approve what I stand for, I would not understand why they voted...
...main question for Egypt," stated Col. Nizan, "is leadership. That nation must have leaders who understand the desires of Israel, and realize that she wants nothing but to be left alone to build herself up. Egyptian leaders who instill hatred into their people only aggravate the situation...
...relief is complete, and the effects of adverse publicity on it negligible, we are compelled to voice distaste for the intrusion of campus politics into last Thursday's emergency Student Council meeting. It was a spectacle of confused thinking and selfishness which made the Council majority's inability to understand the issues painfully obvious...
Some fanciers have appealed to pigeon-wise scientists, but have got little help. Science does not really understand the mysterious instincts or special senses that guide pigeons home. Other desperate pigeonmen blame radar, TV broadcasting and radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests. Some think that secret Government experiments are "disrupting air waves and currents so the pigeons can't find their way home...