Word: understood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...oneself. "We know people generally repress the implications of situations for which they are not prepared," says Pearlman. "The situations usually appear in dreams the next time they sleep and there can be a resolution of the problem." Though the functions of sleep are far from being well understood, it is hardly just "rest." The REM period may well be one of the most exciting and active parts...
...establish an environment in which respect for institutions and the way they operate, for the manner in which politicians go about their business, leads to moderation and reason in public debate, where violence and the extreme view are rejected, where rational argument can predominate. We need to have it understood that extreme ways of pursuing objectives degrade the spirit of our democratic institutions. We need it understood that progress and reform can be achieved through moderation, that democracy is strong when people deal rationally with each other, with compassion, without hatred...
...ready explanation for the undernourished libidos of the Dani. Under questioning, tribesmen said violation of the post partum abstinence would cause trouble with the tribe's ghosts. Yet the Dani are notably blase about their ghosts, and Heider concludes that their observance of this supernatural sanction "must be understood as fairly casual, pro forma...
...TIME, the story of the daring rescue of 104 Israeli hostages staged at Entebbe Airport in Uganda began at 11 p.m. (Israeli time) Saturday, July 3, when Jerusalem Correspondent David Halevy was suddenly unable to reach Israeli sources by phone. Says Halevy: "I understood that either they were doing something very mysterious, or they were all assembled in one place." At 2:30 a.m., a high-ranking Israeli official telephoned and told him: "The I.D.F. [Israeli Defense Force] operated tonight at Entebbe. All hostages were freed and are on their way back home...
...know those 400,000 Americans are out there waiting. We know they would join us in a minute if they understood the nature of the battle we are waging. In the true Spirit of '76, let's create that understanding...