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Word: understands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Until the nations of the world understand each other better there are bound fo be times in the future when the rights and liberties of America will be questioned. ... So until the millennium is at hand our best insurance for peace is the national strength to maintain it. That means every man in our country should be ready to pick up a weapon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 9, 1945 | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

...Dear James,' it read, 'I know you will understand. I've met the only man in the world and I want you to give me a divorce. You can get one through the Navy. They say it's easier through the Navy. You can have Vicki. I hate to lose her but this thing means more to me than anything else in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: They're Always Short | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

...think you may understand all these men better if you understand why Gene Smith, all unarmed, volunteered to face the enemy in the darkness of the front line for a story to which he was not assigned, but about whose importance he felt passionately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 2, 1945 | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...these little countries had some sensible arguments on their side. We went along on a lot of points. Nothing essential, you understand. We will get the Pacific bases on our own terms. We hold a veto in the Security Council. We have almost a majority of the Assembly on any really vital issue that might come up there and the charter is better now than it was. No doubt about that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONFERENCE: In Our Time | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

Zhukov: "We have some German synthetic oil plants that we captured. . . . We have been unable to get them operating. I understand you have some running. . . . Could some of our experts come over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE OCCUPATION: Come On Over | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

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