Word: understand
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...sense that he was duplicitous, beyond the fact that he was conducting an extramarital affair? No, there was no reason for me to believe that. You have to understand, I had all my money with him. He had a huge reputation; he was chairman of Nasdaq and had a very successful brokerage firm. This wasn't a back-alley type...
...other hand, the clunker program was overly complicated, a nightmare to manage for dealers and difficult to understand for consumers. I would give the pure sales impact of the program an A and the administration of the program a D. (Watch TIME's video: "The Secrets to Cash for Clunkers' Success...
...predict what proportion of the population will be infected," says Varmus. "But it is very likely that something upward of 50% will be affected. All of us have a responsibility to blunt the epidemic by decreasing the spread of virus. If people understand that they can mitigate the epidemic by washing their hands and staying home when they are sick, it means the peak of disease will occur later, when there is more vaccine available." That could also help to keep the impact of H1N1-on the health care system, on families and on the economy in the form...
...still likes to slip away to play classical guitar. But he can also now acknowledge that he has learned from his mistakes. "I know what I'm doing, I guess," Kerry says. "There's nothing like having the experience [of running for President] under your belt to really understand the country and understand politics better...
...history - nearly $900 billion more than last year's deficit - and it accounts for 11.2% of GDP, the largest percentage since 1945. It's more money than we have circulating in actual currency and if added to the national debt, it will raise the tally by 13%. (To understand debt vs. deficit, think of a credit card: debt is the outstanding balance on the card while the deficit is the amount added each fiscal year.) At this rate, the Administration estimates that the U.S. could face a cumulative $9 trillion in deficits over the next decade - $2 trillion more than...