Word: understood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...organization, which in fact preached reconciliation and moving ahead. But if reconciliation prevailed, there must have been some people--the sons of the survivors, the ones Jones talked about--who felt it was somehow wrong, who felt tied to a cause that was dead and that they only dimly understood and that seemed better off over with. It must have stood like a shadow over their lives...
...post. If he decides to go for the Senate seat, he faces another sizable, self-imposed precipice. Last October he declared on Face the Nation, "I would consider it dishonorable to leave this post and run for any office, and I would hope it would be understood that if I do, the people, the voters to whom I would present myself in such circumstances, would consider me as having said in advance that I am a man of no personal honor to have done...
...Fully disclose warranty terms in "simple and readily understood language." Among the facts that must be listed: precisely when, how and by whom a product will be repaired or replaced, and who will make a refund. Currently warranties are often clotted with legalese and offer implied instead of explicit promises...
...Brown decision, Kluger assumes, cannot be understood unless a reader is familiar with previous litigation. More than 100 cases are cited; in addition, the reader is given a cram course in constitutional law, with copious quotes from The Federalist. The Supreme Court passes in review, as well as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
...When I came here, I understood that I would never be president of Harvard. That's not a hangup with me. I knew that when I came. If Harvard gets to the point where a businessman becomes president, then...