Word: understood
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Clausists erected a tremendous monument outside the gates of the comapny's main factory. They built high and strong an image of Santa Claus, the long-dead manic sleigh jockey who had become their symbol. And on the pedestal of the figure, they inscribed a long-forgotten and poorly-understood poem that one of the ancients had written about their idol...
...they were governed by something like Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, which says that merely observing an event subtly alters it. Though both are experienced hams, Sadat and Begin knew (as televisionwise antiwar demonstrators of the '60s chanted) that "the whole world is watching." They both understood quite well the effect they were creating; they consciously used the medium. Golda Meir said later: "I am not sure whether in the end they will get the Nobel, but for certain both should get the Oscar." Yet the very nature of the event and the presence of the medium enlarged their...
...Breaking into laughter, I said, 'Surely you understand that the shots of me looking cool were "reverses," filmed after Ulbricht had left the room!' No, Paley had not understood, that ... I proceeded to explain in detail the conventional post-interview procedure for shifting the camera and focusing it on the correspondent to repeat the principal questions, plus a gamut of absorbed and skeptical poses, all of this to be spliced into the interview to add variety and facilitate editing. Paley was fascinated. 'But isn't it basically dishonest?' he asked finally...
...Western press failed miserably to cover the war--and this argument has been supported in a series of books by American correspondents, who agree that their inability to speak Vietnamese and their location in Saigon kept them from one whole side of the war. The Western press "never understood the nature of the war," Burchett says, and it is hard to take real issue with...
...Along with playing postman, Washington provided security and intelligence information to both parties?but carefully refrained from offering too much advice. The main fear of U.S. diplomats was that Israel might overplay its hand, which could have disastrous results; but State Department analysts also felt that Begin and Sadat understood each other and each other's needs and would get along. President Carter chatted with the two by telephone before the visit. Sadat said he was "excited, enthusiastic and confident"; the President hoped the trip would clear the way for "a just and lasting peace" and said "the eyes...