Word: understands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surprised by how easily it was for us to get [that provision] into the Fair Housing Act," Frank said. "I don't think people fully understand what's there...
...halls, with thousands of screaming fans in attendance. The effect was electrifying, and the kids knew whom to thank for the lighter touch. One of the new bands, a Moscow-based group called Grand Prix, introduced a song last year called simply Gorbachev. The haunting chorus ("I understand! Gorbachev!") is less a tribute to the man in power than a defiant youth anthem, undoubtedly the first to use a Soviet leader as an emblem of teenage aspirations...
...comprehension portion of the test. The SAT always includes one passage on non-Western culture. According to the Princeton Review, students should always pick the most positive sounding answer choice in this section because ETS will generally avoid associating minorites and other nationalities with any negative judgments. Don't understand it, just pick the positive-sounding answer. So much for reading comprehension...
...There are indications there was a major fire aboard, but we have no details. We understand there has been a loss of life, but we can't confirm how many," Fitzwater said. "We express the sympathy of the United States government to the Soviet government for any loss of life involved...
...generally true for me, but for a reason far different than any he mentions. If Harvard did not have a ROTC program, I would have attended the Naval Academy. I am not in the program for the money but for the opportunity to serve and defend my country. I understand that not everyone believes that the military is the right means for such an end, and many here at Harvard see such attitudes as loyalty and patriotism as hackneyed, but I do not feel that they should have the right to discriminate against me as a student simply because...