Word: understands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Above all, Kennedy seemed to want it both ways. He asked to shoulder the blame for what happened: "I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not report the accident to the police immediately." At the same time he was obviously also begging to be excused. "I would understand full well why some might think it right for me to resign. I ask you tonight, the people of Massachusetts, to think this through with me. In facing this decision, I seek your advice and opinion. In making it, I seek your prayers...
...Armstrong and Aldrin, the next nerve-racking maneuver was lift-off from the moon's surface. The squat, 172-Ib. ascent engine had been test-fired more than 3,000 times, but this was no test. Houston radioed: "You're cleared for takeoff." Replied Aldrin: "Roger, understand. We're No. 1 on the runway." Seconds later, tension dissolved; Eagle was airborne, headed into a lunar orbit. Within four hours, the module had rendezvoused and docked with Columbia on the far side of the moon. Then Armstrong and Aldrin left the LM so quickly that ground controllers, caught...
Despite their prejudice against Kings, the antimonarchists in Franco's ranks rallied to his proposal because they understand that the regime may need a monarchy in order to survive after his death. Franco's followers fear that Spain, without some institution to maintain continuity, might erupt in civil strife that would sweep them out of power. Behind the figure of a Franco-appointed King, they hope they will be able to carry on Franco's policies even after the Caudillo is gone...
Cautious Conservatism. After he joined the European circuit in 1964, he and Clark shared an apartment in London. Their digs soon became known in racing circles as the "Scottish Embassy." Stewart married a Lowland lassie, Helen McGregor, who came to understand the substance of her mother-in-law's fears. At the Belgian Grand Prix in 1966, her husband's car spun out of control as he whipped around a rain-slick corner at 150 m.p.h., and ripped through a telegraph pole and a tree before it screamed to a halt. For 35 minutes Stewart was trapped...
...strike for giant wage increases-an average 15% this year-that aggravate inflation. Labor unrest is an ominous sign of discontent, for workers have also had their guaranteed place in the semifeudal industrial system. When a youngster fresh out of high school signs on with a company, both parties understand that he will stay on until retirement...