Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Senate would rewrite it. But the chief reason, which applied to Democrats as well as Republicans, was expressed by Speaker Byrns as follows: "I don't think there will be many Republican amendments offered. They can't be expected to offer amendments when they don't understand the bill." The tax proposals which President Roosevelt sent to Congress in March were aimed at two major ends: 1) Radical reform and simplification of the complex U. S. tax system by repeal of existing corporate taxes, substitution of a tax to be paid by corporations on their undistributed incomes...
...wondering whether you did not do the good doctor a little injustice among people who might not as thoroughly understand his fine character as the writer of your article...
Sirs: I' read your story regarding the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the April 20 issue of your valued publication with a great deal interest. I can't understand why you have not even mentioned the name of Bruno Walter who I think is one of the most outstanding conductors throughout the entire world. I even feel that he is equal to Toscanini and why his name is not mentioned is beyond my comprehension...
...blots out Kroysing. Bertin, nearly all his friends dead, sets out for the Eastern Front. An epilog shows Bertin in 1919 going to call on the Kroysing parents, to tell them "how their sons had died, and in how pitiful and futile a fashion; they must be made to understand that it was no deed of heroism or sacrifice, that had robbed them of two young men who would have comforted them in their old age; it was an act of villainy, and a stroke of chance." But when he sees the old couple in their garden he understands that...
...undersigned, students in music, petition the University to remedy the intolerable inadequacy of the present library facilities for the Department. We understand that there is a room in Paine Hall entirely adequate to house the whole music collection at present so divided between Widener Library and the Music Building that music cannot be located and if found in Widener cannot be consulted because students are not given free access to the stacks. We therefore respectfully advocate that sufficient funds be allotted the Music Department to remedy this difficult situation by transferal of the entire collection to Paine Hall...