Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ambassador Kennedy, who went to London straight from his Washington job of striving to build up a modern U. S. merchant marine (viewed in Britain as unwelcome competition), tartly told the Navy League: "We try to understand your need for a great merchant fleet. We hope you will try to understand our need for a small...
Previously permission to hold the meeting was limited by the restriction that there be "no reporting of the meeting in the press, either by advance releases or by reporters at the meeting. A written acceptance must be received from each of the four speakers who will understand and agree to all above conditions...
...Chapayev," which was screened in 1934, is the powerful story of a Red commander during the Revolution, written by the widow of the political commissar who accompanied him into battle. To those who do not understand the Russian language, the film offers English sub-titles in addition to fine choral music and the direction and acting of Russia's finest artists...
...understand that the statement attributed to Coach Blaik, that Bill Hutchinson might need assistance in the form of crutches to get to the field, is false. We are very glad, for we are very fond of last year's "mudder" Hutch and his backfield buddies, Captain MacLeod and Colby Howe. Hutchinson has scored 14 touchdowns and seven extra points in 13 games, not to mention one field goal; MacLeod has the nice round total of 19 t-downs in 19 clashes; while Howe has paid off ten times in his two years...
This book, whose purpose was to start a new method of thinking so that eventually people might understand each other better, was revolutionary, obscure even to specialists. Ever since then Richards and his followers have tried to make themselves clearer. The more they write, the harder it is for laymen to understand them. Interpretation in Teaching is no plate glass window even for savants...