Word: understood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...neglect or by accident or by intent-are constantly damaging the environment: Lake Erie might be called exhibit A; the Santa Barbara oil disaster, exhibit B; and there are many more examples. In addition, subtle changes are taking place in our atmosphere and oceans-with far-reaching but little-understood effects; e.g., on the Earth's climate. Solutions to these questions demand the best efforts of scientists from every discipline. In fact, one of the major benefits of planetary exploration will be a better understanding of the workings of the Earth...
...even arrived in France, Paris-Presse was on the streets with the originally planned text of his effusive message of greeting to De Gaulle. In huge type, the paper printed this excerpt: "Few leaders of the modern world think so broadly as you, Mr. President. Few have so well understood the great historical sweeps of the past. Few have thought so clearly about the future. Few have so considered the interplay of forces that shape events, the motivations of men and nations." It was an extraordinary paean to the Frenchman who has so stubbornly obstructed every European and American effort...
...circumstances" under which Johnson would feel able to stop the bombers in good conscience. Those circumstances included limiting the shelling of South Viet Nam's major cities and a reduction of violations of the DMZ. All that the Communist negotiators indicated at the time was that they "understood" what the Americans were saying...
When French universities erupted last year, the usually inflexible Charles de Gaulle startled many Frenchmen by declaring that he understood why the students wanted more say in their affairs. Last week Richard Nixon (who, ironically, was about to visit De Gaulle) took a very different approach toward campus disorders in the U.S. Despite his trouble establishing rapport with young Americans during his campaign, the President tackled dissident students head on. In a publicly released letter, he lambasted demonstrators in general, giving no hint of any distinction between their valid and invalid aims...
...event in perspective if the obscenities shock readers sufficiently to obscure the rest of the story. At the same time, as barriers to obscenity are lowered, the words will inevitably be robbed of their shock value. If Charles de Gaulle were regularly quoted using foul language, who would have understood the depth of his rage when he used the term chienlit (literally, "crap in bed") in referring to last spring's student-worker uprising? "As one who savors a good obscenity," says Roy M. Fisher, editor of the Chicago Daily News, "I would hate to see it cheapened...