Word: understand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...saint-sinner dichotomy in your article "The News from Nassau" is grossly oversimplified and indiscriminate. "Among people who understand the meaning of academic freedom, Princeton's uncompromising attitude won added respect," you say; and futher: "Among those unaware of the issue's significance, the 'University's hands-off policy' was seriously detrimental...
...action might not have been too abrupt. Then Old Soldier Eisenhower drew some lines on a piece of scratchpaper to show Old Farmer Benson that, in military action, there are two ways to reach an objective-the direct way, and by a zigzag approach. Advised Ike: try to understand the merits of the zigzag...
...University's reputation was both strengthened and weakened by the appearance of Alger Hiss. Among people who understand the meaning of academic freedom, Princeton's uncompromising attitude won added respect. Among those unaware of the issue's significance, the University's "hands-off policy" was seriously detrimental...
...school grew out of a complaint made by General Henry ("Hap") Arnold during World War II. Too many officers, Airman Arnold said, know too little about the needs of the other services. In 1943, the Government set up an Army-Navy staff college to help the two services understand each other better. In 1943-45, Washington brass began to think it might be a good idea if the services and the State Department also understood each other better. In 1946 they set up the present National War College (named by then Army Chief of Staff Dwight D. Eisenhower), "concerned with...
More than most heroes of this spring's novels, Chick Swallow deserves a wide hearing. His troubles may not be every man's, but every man will understand them. He is modest: "I think I can say my childhood was as unhappy as the next braggart's." He is reflective: "Man is not a donkey lured along by a carrot dangled in front of his nose, but a jet plane propelled by his exhaust." And the surest guarantee that his difficulties will induce immoderate laughter is the fact that he is the creature of Peter De Vries...