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Word: understands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...innocent. He pressured other countries to pursue suspected terrorists. Whether or not his heartfelt if foolish effort to trade arms for hostages, and with Iran, of all nations, will now encourage even more ( terrorism remains to be seen, but the betting is that the global village has come to understand that no society that seeks respect can support or tolerate the savagery of the Rome airport massacre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Bottom Line on Reagan | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...instantly that I wanted to play this instrument." Recalls Britton: "Tom was like a high priest with a new disciple. He told me that a piper has to be a woodworker, leatherworker, metalsmith and reedmaker just to maintain the instrument, and that I would have to learn Gaelic to understand the rhythm of piping. Basically, though, I had really long hair at the time, and I think he was afraid I'd use the pipes to play rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philadelphia Piping | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...hardship to overcome, but the pleasure of piping is earned through sacrifice. Says Britton: "I heard of one piper who had an operation to cut the skin between his fingers so he could stretch to reach the holes better. Personally, I think that's a little extreme -- but I understand the impulse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philadelphia Piping | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...labels "infantile Marxism." Says a Seoul prosecutor who has handled many cases against radical students: "They harbor some romantic views on the nature of the socialist state, and their idealism leads them to think that some of the problems of our society could be solved by socialism. But few understand or are dedicated to bringing the North Korean system here." Nor do they apparently realize that any unified state that the North Korean regime accepts would have to be Communist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea Onslaughts of Force and Fury | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...York City she shuffles around a decaying and almost bare tenement flat, hanging up tea bags to dry for reuse while intoning Lady Macbeth's hand- washing scene in an odd singsong with a thick Polish accent. No one will hire her, and even she can hear herself and understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Streets Paved with Pitfalls HUNTING COCKROACHES | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

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