Word: understands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while we can understand the changes, understand them in the context of the University that we know today, the "carnival-like" atmosphere of what has variously been described as the spring of student liberation and the months of University disaster is harder to grasp...
When Christopher W. Cowell '92 went to the first meeting of his computer science class, he could not understand the teaching fellow. But the problem was not the topic--it was the section leader's English...
...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 my beliefs differ from theirs. Should I have to start checking out the attitude a professor has towards ROTC before taking a class? How would a professor such as Mr. Wylie react if I for some reason wore my uniform to class...
...Violence can give way to dialogue once both sides understand that the dialogue will offer political gain," he said. "Egypt and the United States share the goals of security for Israel, the end of the occupation and achievement of Palestinian political rights...
Basically, I'm too tired to finish writing this column. If only my roommates could understand how much sleep means to me, maybe they would speak in whispers after 11 p.m. and tiptoe around the common room. Maybe they would learn sign language...