"But I think both sides now understand each other better."

Both sides understand the media business and Warner is not the company it was.

Both sides understood that he would not be expected to play this year.

The idea is to help each side understand the other's political and social points of view, assumed to be oceans apart.

"Both sides understood that there had to be some give and take in the process."

The fact is that neither side truly understands the other in this case.

"And I think the other side of the hall understood that, too."

And I think their side understands it more clearly right now.

That can happen only when both sides understand this outcome to be more essential than impossible.

Both sides understand now where the middle ground is.