Word: understands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their neurological circuitry. Fortunately, the physicians' suggestions never got far beyond the theoretical stage, although in 1970 Mark and Ervin did come out with a semi-popular book entitled Violence and the Brain, intended to advance the notion that, as Sweet writes in the introduction, "one way to understand and control the current colossal problem of violence is to increase our knowledge of brain mechanisms...
...really doubt if anyone who has grown up in town can understand the feelings one develops for the land. It goes deeper than just liking plants and animals: the land itself becomes part of you. James R. Brown Columbia...
...being introduced to someone. I am not first and foremost disabled. Most people do not mind being asked about their disability when the subject comes up naturally. In those situations I prefer letting people who are curious know "what happened." They seem to feel more at ease when they understand why I am in a wheelchair...
...anyone challenges us," explained the Norwegian commander later, "we tell him, 'You win if you fight us with guns, but you will be responsible for winning.' So far we've been lucky; we've encountered smart soldiers who understand...
...once insisted, could talk to horses. As Runyon once wrote: "I have eavesdropped [on] him around the stables many a time and heard him soft-soaping those equine characters. He generally wins their confidence and learns all their troubles. I do not say that they up and tell him, understand. No, I do not say that, because it is something I cannot prove, inasmuch as Hirsch Jacobs himself denies there is any open banter between him and horses. But if they do not tell him, who does?" Runyon had good reason to wonder where his longtime friend got his tips...