Word: understands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question that had reverberated on many levels throughout the week, as the nation tried to understand how a senseless military mishap and a puzzling American role in a faraway war had somehow combined to cost the lives of 37 sailors trapped in their bunks aboard the U.S.S. Stark. "Americans today," the President noted, "know the price of freedom in this uneasy world." And then, once again, a bugler played taps...
...nation that has been unable since Viet Nam to feel truly comfortable asserting its global role began to feel gun-shy about protecting its national interests even in the strategically critical Persian Gulf. A nation that takes pride in the bravery of its fighting forces again tried to understand why servicemen were killed performing political missions in which they were not supposed to fight...
...readily acknowledged the difficulty of such a task at Friday's memorial service. Recounting the sorrow of an Iowa couple who lost all five of their sons in a World War II battle, he said, "In some ways, it was easier to bear then because it was easier to understand why we were there, why we were fighting." Then he added sadly, "The burden of our time is so different...
...recent years, insisting, "It is better drawn, and it has more depth than ever." What's more, Schulz still works from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., five days a week. Says he: "It's one of the few situations in my life where I feel totally secure." Linus would understand...
...given up on this Administration, soblinded by the ghosts of the past that it cannotbegin to understand the present, much less shapethe future," Biden said. "In its advocacy of theReagan Doctrine, the present Administrationsubstitutes ideology for strategy...