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Justice Department issued reports in 1998 revealing that the contra-drug scandal was far worse than Webb (or for that matter, Brian Barger and I) had understood,
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Justice Department issued reports in 1998 revealing that the contra-drug scandal was far worse than Webb (or for that matter, Brian Barger and I) had understood,
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When the principles of breeding and of inheritance are better understood,
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I heard one fellow say in Irish, which language I understood,
The Purcell Papers 2003
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And as she answered nothing, looking as if she scarce understood,
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But this is true only where we have to deal with what has been called by Dr. Warren Weaver (formerly of the Rockefeller Foundation), with a distinction which ought to be much more widely understood,
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Neither the second ballot nor the contingent vote are acceptable after their true effects are understood,
Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election John H. Humphreys
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"And if a storm's coming along," observed Jud Elderkin, who seemed vastly pleased when he heard that his signalling had been so easily understood,
The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island George A. Warren
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For the kiss was a message from God; I felt it and understood,
Pan and Æolus: Poems Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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Although I do not conceive that they are quite so strongly marked, yet, to make my idea understood,
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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