Word: understands
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...work for the transition, you want to frame the information," Linsky says. "If you take a long time, the press gets to it first and they frame it they way they want to. There is a struggle over the communication process and how people understand things...
...state may go to "implement this article by appropriate legislation," as the Florida referendum pledges. Will the state empower a school teacher to punish an eight-year student for speaking Spanish in the classroom? Will it deny Hispanic criminal defendants from hearing their rights because they cannot understand arresting officers? Will it dissuade non-English speakers from using public transportation or applying for jobs...
...state may go to "implement this article by appropriate legislation," as the Florida referendum pledges. Will the state empower a school teacher to punish an eight-year student for speaking Spanish in the classroom? Will it deny Hispanic criminal defendants from hearing their rights because they cannot understand arresting officers? Will it dissuade non-English speakers from using public transportation or applying for jobs...
...that, after a few dismal seasons, Dallas football nuts may once again slip payoffs to players. "The bottom-line question," asks law-school acting dean Paul Rogers, "is, Can we control the boosters?" Certainly everyone wants the reforms to work. The booster-club president, Bill Hill, insists that "alumni understand the situation now. We're going to be a model of integrity." Gregg adds, "A school can't live without the alumni." Old grads are after him, wanting to lend a hand. "Support us, come to our games," he shoots back. But on this balmy Parents' Weekend, only...
...that's what it is!" I exclaimed without thinking. "My father asked me today whether I was a doctor. I couldn't understand it, and told him that three years ago I defended my master's thesis and explained the difference between a master's and doctor's degree. It's clear now how that question came up. This was a pure fabrication...