One could understand if she did not want this period to be mistaken for slacker slumming and her depression may have obscured any advantages she had over other jobless Britons.

NEWYORKER: Mugglemarch

Mr Martin said he could not understand why, if Mr Paterson was the "controlling and violent man" she had painted him as in court, she had spat in his face.

BBC: Pregnant mother

While I wondered if we should not be more focused on putting money aside for that inevitable rainy day, I could certainly understand a policy that would allow more dollars to stay in the pockets of Americans if the government did not actually need the cash.

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If people could only understand him, Madoff seems to be saying, they might not demonize him.

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