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The principled position that Assad must go because of the atrocities committed since the start of the civil war... is understandable and respectable, but perhaps it can be turned into a form of leverage in the (diplomatic) process which is just starting, let’s not forgot that when we fought Hitler, we had to make an alliance with Stalin who had killed more people than Hitler. – Hubert Vedrine	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Institutions appear to be more worried about self-preservation than about their most vulnerable members, it's understandable from a financial standpoint, frankly, but when we don't see notorious harassers being fired or suffering any adverse consequences, we are less confident that complaints will be heard and adjudicated fairly. Then there are fewer complaints and less enforcement. – Christina Richey	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Despite all the understandable disquiet... the basis of the conservative bloc is very well aware that no-one can better steer Germany and Europe through this difficult time than the chancellor. – Angela Merkel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Overall, I think right to try is a first step that will lead to reforms that not only speed some The FDA processes but also make their processes more transparent and understandable. – Kurt Altman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Though many people may not realize it, we are in the throes of a mental health state of emergency. though many times this is understandable from a legal and public safety standpoint. – Skid Row	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I have seen a baby who was five to six days old, who was born with Caesarean in Greece, a very beautiful and healthy baby, i checked the baby and then it turned out that her mother had a problem with her stitchings, which is understandable after so much walking. – Maria Veres	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Management didn't know what to do, because they didn't want to violate anybody's rights, and that's understandable. – Jill Finney	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think it's understandable that when questions are raised, people maybe are thinking about them and wondering about them, but I have every confidence that during the course of this campaign, people are going to know who will fight for them, who will be there when they need them, and that's the kind of person I am and that's what I will do, not only in a campaign but as president. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Many people choose not to be in the public eye after [receiving] an ALS diagnosis, which is perfectly normal and understandable. – Jerry Dawson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The climate levy has the advantage from out point of view that it is efficient and cost-efficient, it has the disadvantage as the companies point out with understandable arguments that it could lead to job losses and a collapse of the industry that we don't want. – Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
One incident is understandable and tolerable. – Miriam Grunstein	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
These constraints that we put on ourselves, which are perfectly understandable, do progressively limit the number of inductees into the program, and that's proving( to be) the thing that limits the growth of the program. We have enough training sites and so forth for them. For now, we don't have enough trainees to fill them. – Defense Secretary Ashton Carter	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Baltics have felt vulnerable for many years and they perhaps are now feeling over-vulnerable, although perhaps that is understandable given their history. – Neil Melvin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For Southeast Asia, gymnastics is a sport that needs long-term investment, southeast Asia is quite difficult in practice, so some countries not having athletes participating is understandable. – Southeast Asia top-ranked gymnast	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Very often the problem of the UN is that the speeches long, full of acronyms, and the jargon is difficult to understand, making the jargon of the U.N. understandable is quite important. – Dominique Villa	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
While our investigatory approach has uncovered new witnesses, new documents, new facts and will result in the most detailed and complete accounting of what happened in Benghazi, the frustration that some feel at not seeing the work unfold on television or reading about new discoveries in print is understandable, the approach we are taking, while short on drama, aims to discover all of the relevant facts and to be long on credibility when the final report is written. – Trey Gowdy	Found on CNN 9 years ago
These' dual reports' can really help patients understand that a trained physician is reading their imaging and is available to help them understand what the test showed, even if the report were completely understandable, though, the next step in the patient's care is not part of the radiology report, so patients would still need to contact their physicians to learn what should happen next. – David Naeger	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Vergara, who has happily moved on with her life, is content to leave the embryos frozen indefinitely as she has no desire to have children with her ex, which should be understandable given the circumstances. – Fred Silberberg	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He is highly controlling of press access, for perfectly understandable reasons, and the last thing he wants is for the media to find their way into their private life. – Steve Hewlett	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They wanted it to be like it is in everyone's home and certainly that's understandable in a way, they were worried about people listening in on their phone calls. – Kate Andersen Brower	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We have had some cancellations, which is understandable, for the summer high season we're still at full occupancy. – Marouen Kilani	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think psychologically it is understandable, they choose to believe that their loved ones are still missing, so they can still have hope for them to return. – May Lam	Found on CNN 9 years ago
In light of so much things that have happened not just across the country, but in our own community, it's understandable that the reaction at the scene and of some of our citizens is extremely volatile, emotional and upsetting, and we understand that. That's absolutely appropriate under these circumstances. We would urge, obviously, that everyone exercise restraint. – Mike Koval	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think the criticism is understandable -- the terrorists themselves are claiming to be doing this in the name of Islam, and the White House is having to walk this very fine line, it basically risks scorn because people are going to take away from this -- some people -- that the White House is bending over too far backwards and not addressing the problem head on. – Bobby Ghosh	Found on CNN 9 years ago

The principled position that Assad must go because of the atrocities committed since the start of the civil war... is understandable and respectable, but perhaps it can be turned into a form of leverage in the (diplomatic) process which is just starting, let’s not forgot that when we fought Hitler, we had to make an alliance with Stalin who had killed more people than Hitler.

– Hubert Vedrine

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Institutions appear to be more worried about self-preservation than about their most vulnerable members, it's understandable from a financial standpoint, frankly, but when we don't see notorious harassers being fired or suffering any adverse consequences, we are less confident that complaints will be heard and adjudicated fairly. Then there are fewer complaints and less enforcement.

– Christina Richey

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Despite all the understandable disquiet... the basis of the conservative bloc is very well aware that no-one can better steer Germany and Europe through this difficult time than the chancellor.

– Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Overall, I think right to try is a first step that will lead to reforms that not only speed some The FDA processes but also make their processes more transparent and understandable.

– Kurt Altman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Though many people may not realize it, we are in the throes of a mental health state of emergency. though many times this is understandable from a legal and public safety standpoint.

– Skid Row

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I have seen a baby who was five to six days old, who was born with Caesarean in Greece, a very beautiful and healthy baby, i checked the baby and then it turned out that her mother had a problem with her stitchings, which is understandable after so much walking.

– Maria Veres

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Management didn't know what to do, because they didn't want to violate anybody's rights, and that's understandable.

– Jill Finney

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think it's understandable that when questions are raised, people maybe are thinking about them and wondering about them, but I have every confidence that during the course of this campaign, people are going to know who will fight for them, who will be there when they need them, and that's the kind of person I am and that's what I will do, not only in a campaign but as president.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Many people choose not to be in the public eye after [receiving] an ALS diagnosis, which is perfectly normal and understandable.

– Jerry Dawson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The climate levy has the advantage from out point of view that it is efficient and cost-efficient, it has the disadvantage as the companies point out with understandable arguments that it could lead to job losses and a collapse of the industry that we don't want.

– Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

One incident is understandable and tolerable.

– Miriam Grunstein

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These constraints that we put on ourselves, which are perfectly understandable, do progressively limit the number of inductees into the program, and that's proving( to be) the thing that limits the growth of the program. We have enough training sites and so forth for them. For now, we don't have enough trainees to fill them.

– Defense Secretary Ashton Carter

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Baltics have felt vulnerable for many years and they perhaps are now feeling over-vulnerable, although perhaps that is understandable given their history.

– Neil Melvin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For Southeast Asia, gymnastics is a sport that needs long-term investment, southeast Asia is quite difficult in practice, so some countries not having athletes participating is understandable.

– Southeast Asia top-ranked gymnast

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Very often the problem of the UN is that the speeches long, full of acronyms, and the jargon is difficult to understand, making the jargon of the U.N. understandable is quite important.

– Dominique Villa

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

While our investigatory approach has uncovered new witnesses, new documents, new facts and will result in the most detailed and complete accounting of what happened in Benghazi, the frustration that some feel at not seeing the work unfold on television or reading about new discoveries in print is understandable, the approach we are taking, while short on drama, aims to discover all of the relevant facts and to be long on credibility when the final report is written.

– Trey Gowdy

Found on CNN
9 years ago

These' dual reports' can really help patients understand that a trained physician is reading their imaging and is available to help them understand what the test showed, even if the report were completely understandable, though, the next step in the patient's care is not part of the radiology report, so patients would still need to contact their physicians to learn what should happen next.

– David Naeger

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Vergara, who has happily moved on with her life, is content to leave the embryos frozen indefinitely as she has no desire to have children with her ex, which should be understandable given the circumstances.

– Fred Silberberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He is highly controlling of press access, for perfectly understandable reasons, and the last thing he wants is for the media to find their way into their private life.

– Steve Hewlett

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They wanted it to be like it is in everyone's home and certainly that's understandable in a way, they were worried about people listening in on their phone calls.

– Kate Andersen Brower

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We have had some cancellations, which is understandable, for the summer high season we're still at full occupancy.

– Marouen Kilani

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think psychologically it is understandable, they choose to believe that their loved ones are still missing, so they can still have hope for them to return.

– May Lam

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In light of so much things that have happened not just across the country, but in our own community, it's understandable that the reaction at the scene and of some of our citizens is extremely volatile, emotional and upsetting, and we understand that. That's absolutely appropriate under these circumstances. We would urge, obviously, that everyone exercise restraint.

– Mike Koval

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think the criticism is understandable -- the terrorists themselves are claiming to be doing this in the name of Islam, and the White House is having to walk this very fine line, it basically risks scorn because people are going to take away from this -- some people -- that the White House is bending over too far backwards and not addressing the problem head on.

– Bobby Ghosh

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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