Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...iron censorship to keep the troops from knowing why they were being withdrawn, fearing they would mutiny if they knew his treachery to China. Japanese dispatches quoted China's Ho as saying privately to Japan's North China Chief of Staff Col. Takashi Sakai: "I now fully understand what the Japanese want. I hope they realize my sincerity in seeking peaceful solution. I am convinced they will be rewarded. I do not expect any outward incidents...
...which famed Johnny Evers* is general manager. But even before Alabama Pitts left Sing Sing, President William G. Bramham of the National Association of Minor Professional Baseball Leagues telegraphed Manager Evers that he forbade the deal "for the good of professional baseball." Said Warden Lawes: "It is difficult to understand Judge Bramham's ruling. If a man is able to do any legitimate work well, he should be allowed to do it, not discouraged...
Mourned His Grace recently: "I had not a care in the world before my second marriage but my position is different now. I am married to a woman who has never owed a penny in her life. She does not understand how one comes to incur debts. I am worried because the Duchess is worried. Otherwise, I would not have a single care in the world." In sombre mood last week His Grace was led out of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, promptly had himself declared bankrupt once more and vanished from London, his lawyers announcing, "The Duke of Manchester is resting...
...editor. On the Herex city desk was a battery of telephones, one painted white. When the white one rang, a desk editor seized it in a flash. It was a private wire from a police department switchboard, whose operators were on Howey's secret payroll. Detectives never could understand why they nearly always found Herex newshawks at a crime scene before them...
...this country who hold, with Hearst, that high tariffs, naval supremacy, and freedom from foreign entanglements will assist the salvation of this country. You confuse, I am afraid, intolerance with freedom of belief. Tolerance requires analysis of both sides before a stand is taken. It is inability to understand the other side, even though one might not agree with it, that ends in rallies and petitions...