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Word: understands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problems, first to Moore, and then to a bartender on the coast of Mexico--that are embarrassing. There are performances in this film--why did Julie Andrews cut her hair and leave Germany?--that are unspeakable. And there are parts of this film--critical explanations that might help you understand what's going on and why--that were left on the cutting room floor. Avoid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Hollywood for the Holidays | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Justin asked himself why Kamik did this all the time, why he had painstakingly learned English, just to wander from checkpoint to checkpoint in the dismal, cursed Arctic. Probably because it was part of Kamik's Eskimo mentality, Justin decided, but the Edmonton man realized he would never fully understand...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: In the Arctic, You Are Not Alone | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...They understand the urgency of clearing the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: You Could Die Here | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...that you don't see in a man with his kids. I hear music when I see them-definitely strings." He even imagines himself angrily taking his case for male pregnancy to God, a bureaucrat behind a desk in the Revised Hoffman Version. " 'I don't understand,' I pipe up. 'Why don't I get to carry it?' " God tries to explain, but when Hoffman continues to complain, God brusquely ends the conversation: "I don't want to talk about it. I've spent a lot of time on this." When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Father Finds His Son | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...captives are to be dealt with in the same attitude of concern for justice based on an ethical humanitarianism. The citizens of the U.S.A. were seized illegally but to the Iranians, the U.S.A. had "seized" the Shah and is keeping him "under guard." It is necessary to understand the outlook of the persons with whom one wants to negotiate; for the Iranians it is a question of a simple exchange of prisoners. Again, the problem is not whether it was legal to seize the embassy personnel. The recognition that that was not legal is not now an issue; rather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Setting an Example | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

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