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understandable

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  • s  capable of being apprehended or understood

  • It's true, as Brooks writes, that some of Cheney's overreach was a result of understandable panic after the 911 attacks.
  • It was an understandable choice.
  • Then he went home and made an understandable bid for privacy by having his phone cut off.
News & Articles

  • G8 may discuss role of central banks: German source
    By Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations are likely to discuss the role of central banks and monetary policy at a summit in Northern Ireland next week, a German source said on Thursday. "It is understandable that there are different views of the role of central banks and monetary policy around the world," said the German official, noting that ...
    June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Driver in fatal DUI accident apologizes, sentenced to eight years in prison
    DECATUR — The courtroom was charged with emotion as Sharon D. Wilder delivered a tearful, barely understandable apology to a packed gallery after she pleaded guilty to killing 60-year-old Mark E. Howard by running him over with her car while intoxicated as he rode to work on his motor scooter.
    June 13, 2013 - Herald & Review
  • No apologies for arming America
    The sign at the door of the Colt factory displays a gun with a slash through it: "No loaded or unauthorized firearms beyond this point." Understandable for workers at a plant, but also a bit ironic, considering one of the largest arsenals in America lies just beyond.
    June 12, 2013 - CNN
Quotes

  • President Bush in 940 News
    Looking back, Bush said: "Five years into this battle, there is an understandable debate over whether the war was worth fighting......whether the fight is worth winning......and whether we can win it." "The answers are clear to me: removing...
  • Frank Williams in New York Times
    FOTA's decision, although regrettable, is understandable,said Frank Williams, the team principal. "However, as a racing team and a company whose only business is Formula One, with obligations to our partners and our employees, submitting...
  • Robert Zoellick in USA Today
    There are frustration, anxiety and tension about the past that could inhibit the future,Zoellick said in brief remarks at the White House. "This is understandable, but not without remedy. We need to put yesterday's discord behind us and...

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