Word: understood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...none of the newly independent nations of the Far East is hatred for the disinherited colonial masters so bitter and abiding as in Indonesia; in none is the notion of simple courtroom justice so little understood. Indonesia's bitterness and its slap-happy courtroom practices have reached fever pitch in the year-long trial of Leon Nicolaas Jungschlaeger, a 52-year-old Dutch citizen accused of conspiring to overthrow the Indonesian government. The Jungschlaeger case has become a cause celebre throughout Indonesia and The Netherlands...
...Ponosse understood all this, and it never occurred to him that the door of heaven should be slammed in the faces of such innocent wrongdoers. When he died, beloved even by the anticlericals, the cure was succeeded by a young ascetic who tried the fire-and-brimstone approach. He did not last long. Letters to the archbishop signed by worthy Clochemerlins made it plain that if they had to choose between the church and their frailties, the church would go empty. The archbishop saw the point at once, and sent them a new cure who could put away wine with...
Between numbers the camera switched to the guest of honor and several times discovered her dabbing at her eyes. There was much eye-dabbing in the Willard ballroom; the ladies understood when Mrs. Eisenhower rose at party's end to tell them: "This has been one of the most wonderful birthday parties I've ever had, but it certainly did tear my heartstrings." She said that she hoped her husband had seen it on TV. Ike, between conferences, had seen a part...
Speaking to a group of military schoo] heads in Washington, Army Chief of Staff Maxwell D. Taylor laid stress on the broad expanse of arts and sciences that must be understood by a future military leader. How knowledgeable is today's Army man? Confided General Taylor to a reporter later: "The profusion of skills and learning we have in the Army is astonishing. If I need a shortstop who plays the violin, I can find him some place...
...unreliable drunk and a dreamy boy whose only experience had been in the company's kitchen. All they had in common was absolute confidence in Stanley. As for Stanley, his sense of responsibility for his men was so close to love as to be a military weakness. He understood them too well, made too many allowances for them, took it on himself to try to shape their characters. This time there was too much stacked against him. Between the overwhelming Chinese, the character flaws of his men and his own protectiveness, the patrol ended in a disaster in which...