Word: understood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tendencies clashed in French opinion. Some hoped for an end to the conflict by negotiation. Others believed that we might triumph by force of arms . . . Today, this controversy is ended. In fact, we are unanimous from here on in hoping to settle the war by negotiation. This is understood. There is no point in anyone arguing...
...this is well understood by General Henri Navarre and his hardheaded lieutenants in the war theater. They hold that the best outcome of Geneva would be an agreement by Red China to stop supplying the Viet Minh. Then, they say, "Ho Chi Minh would wither on the vine, like the guerrilla leader Markos in Greece." But what price would the Moscow-Peking axis exact for such a boon? If the enemy offered it at all, the price would be high. To which Paris replies, hopefully, that they detect an "appetite for negotiations" and signs of inner tiredness among the Viet...
Someone said that freedom must be defended at all times because, like virtue, it is at all times besieged. This is true for all, and for all cases. But the profound meaning of freedom must be understood. The best definition was given by Cicero: "Freedom is participation in power." Only in democracy can we have direct and indirect participation in power. But power presupposes property−and property means initiative, responsibility and risk. This is a law of history. Therefore, the proletarian will have no power as long as he remains a proletarian...
...effort to deal with the problem, a special faculty committee has been considering changes in the examination program for some time. The committee considered two possible courses of action, it is understood. One proposal, to schedule the examinations for an early evening hour, was rejected because of possible interference with extracurricular activities and study time. The committee then decided on 8 a.m. as the only other feasible examination time...
...from European factories to equip NATO armies. In dollars, it amounts to far more than U.S. citizens spend through normal trade channels for Swiss watches, French wines or British sports cars. Yet, for all its size and importance, Offshore Procurement is one of the least talked about and least understood of all the many props the U.S. has built to bolster its allies...