Word: understood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...left the secret hearing, feeling that I had become part of a secret apparatus, in the dark. Did I speak no ill of any colleague? I had no reason, in truth, for speaking ill of any of them. But was I understood? Was the stenographer competent? Was there anything that will be misconstrued...
...civilian clothes, walked into the room at a prearranged time and sat down at two widely spaced tables. Their purpose was to map the areas controlled by the opposing forces, and settle areas for regroupment. Without benefit of chairman, they began a hesitant discussion of procedure. Though everybody understood French, the Viet Minh insisted that they would talk only Tonkinese and that all speeches must be translated. After four sessions, the big military maps were still folded and unmarked...
...Here's hoping!" "A little bird tells me that Katherine Hepburn, filming over here, walked alone in the Park one day last week-unnoticed! The explanation is simple. It had been rumoured that two Very Important Tiny People were out for a Stroll. I'm sure Katie understood, and forgave us just this once...
According to Watson, "Dave was only too glad to withdraw his protest when he understood that no special favoritism had been shown to the Green Feather group...
Since Guignol's Band is written in the difficult form of "stream of consciousness," it deserves to be considered as an experimental work, rather than a book which can be read, enjoyed, understood, and put back on the shelf. Guignol's Band makes extremely difficult reading...