Word: understandings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...catch up, thanks in part to a healthy U.S. economy and low inflation. But if you haven't done so already, get started now. Whether you're in the peak earning years of your 50s or well into retirement and trying to make your money last, it helps to understand that the old rules of saving and planning for retirement have been thrown out the window by America's happy boom in longevity. It's still true, as New York City-based financial planner Jonathan Satovsky says, that you should "save like mad as early as possible." But that...
...cadaverish portraits of Fred Rogers and Bill Murray; on its February issue it has Pamela Anderson bending so far forward that she's in danger of assaulting the cameraman. The magazine tries to justify this pose with a three-part package billed as BREASTS! THE TRIUMPH OF CLEAVAGE CULTURE. Understand, then, that Anderson's breasts are being used not to goose magazine sales but to provide ironic commentary on...what? Anderson's breasts? This is a sad and pathetic dodge, like fathers in after-school specials who can demonstrate their love only by being remote and too stern...
...DeLillo's play. Despite DeLillo's published statements that the play is much looser than his novels, the script is incredibly tight. Here, DeLillo's inexperience as a playwright shines through: as several reviews have evidenced, the play is too densely constructed for much of the audience to understand in a single viewing. DeLillo's brilliant use of words is wasted by the speed at which they are spoken. Repeated viewings, however, bring to light connective strands of the plot; the script is a sheer pleasure to read...
Randolph said that although Manley's friends and family still did not know exactly why he decided to end his life, he added that "today, I understand better the circumstances of Michael's death...
...easy task to understand the songs. Some degree of interpretation is required to comprehend their true meanings...