Word: understood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with him. He seemed to have no culture, no originality, no curiosity. And my perception of him changed only very, very slowly over a period of the full 14 years working on this project. And I realized more and more that he was a man who could only be understood in terms of his public performance. What he did was what he was. There is a perfect example of that in a line from F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Action is character." And in retrospect, now looking back on him, I realize that he was indeed a great President...
Just ask Steven Assennata of East Brunswick, N.J. "If I had understood there was a chance I would be worse off, I might have changed my mind," he says. LASIK corrected his eyesight to 20/20 all right, at least in one eye, but left him seeing double and ruined his night vision so that he can no longer drive after dark. The worst part, he says, is knowing he didn't need the surgery. Although his contacts were becoming a nuisance before the operation, he could have seen fine through admittedly thick glasses. Assennata's doctor says he was made...
Patrick Naughton understood, and trusted, computers. The blond, classically handsome 34-year-old was a devoted techie from the moment in high school when he designed an application that mapped out his parents' restaurant. He was one of the early Web warriors, an engineer who helped develop the software language Java before eventually heading technology at Infoseek. He later caught the attention of Disney chief Michael Eisner, who tapped him to oversee the company's new Internet portal. So when Naughton logged on to a chat room called "dad&daughtersex" last March, he probably thought he was safe. After...
Morris says he's glad he got the opportunity to pitch now instead of when he was first drafted at age 18. "I don't think I would have understood everything that this entails. I thought everything should be handed to me. Now I appreciate it very much." His mom is very proud...
...most people, it's an overflowing river, lake or reservoir. To insurers, it's any water that enters a building from the floor, no matter what the source of the water. In a hard rain you can get flooded on top of a mountain. That's not widely understood. Even less appreciated is the Federal Government's role as the sole underwriter of flood insurance since 1969. Almost any agent can offer the coverage on behalf of the government, but the agent gets only a handling fee that barely covers the paperwork. Insurers make money by collecting premiums and investing...