Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Good Scare. Viewed in that light, recent events were not leading toward war but away from it. Creation of the Little Comintern would help both Europeans and Americans understand the necessity of work and sacrifice in support of the Marshall Plan to keep the non-Communist part of the world stronger. True, the fear of war had grown. But fear and vigilance were close kin. The danger of war between Russia and the West had always lain in the possibility that the West would not understand the danger. The bitter candor of recent weeks was prophylactic, not symptomatic...
...Humanité of Paris. For example, L'Humanité said on Sept. 25: "In April, the Communists were in the Government, and butter cost 255 .francs a pound. Today the Communists are no longer in the Government, and butter costs 370 francs a pound. Now do you understand why you are hungry...
Ordered Obedience. The pupils must have "no personal interests opposed to the collective interests," and teachers are advised that "Soviet pedagogy does not repudiate methods of coercion." When a pupil is "unable ... to understand a given moral requirement. . . the rule may simply be given categorically and obedience ordered without specific explanations and proofs, with the warning that failure to conform will bring unpleasant consequences...
While all lectures will be open to the public, only students of Spanish will be able to understand the entire series, for four of the programs will be given in Spanish...
...After reading of the booing my native Baltimore gave Robinson, it's not hard to understand why Baltimore remains a minor-league town while Robinson moves up to the majors...