Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germans living in the Russian occupation zone repeatedly protest that they "can't understand the Russians" is illustrated in the following report by John Scott, TIME'S Berlin bureau chief...
...just can't seem to understand why she should train four long years only to receive $200 per mo. (-;$30) and have to tug & pull to eke out a few "thank yous" & "if you pleases," when she can be a hat-check girl, receive $200 a week clear, and be engulfed in a sea of gratitude...
...spectators exhaled a mass sigh of relief as the couple stumbled off deliriously, hand in hand. Eleven prisoners, muttering to each other, pushed on down the street past the muttering crowd: "Unpredictable Russians . . . incredible ... I can't understand. ... I don't understand the Russians...
...wooden combs, runty potatoes, homespun towels and dust-cloths. Yes, says Fan, the Communists had posted many signs and slogans along this very street. Yes, they had been anti-American-they had said Chiang Kai-shek was trying to sell China to the U.S. What does Fan believe? "I understand little of this," Fan says. "I am just lao pai hsing...
...Warsaw police station a veteran WIN (Liberty and Independence) fighter spoke what was in the minds of many. "There's nothing more we can do," said he. "I don't understand why the Americans insist on hoarding their atom bombs, instead of putting them to use. When they decide to bring them out, I'll be willing to fight again. Meanwhile, it's time to go back to work. I'm tired and I want to live with my wife, work in the daytime and sleep nights...