Word: comprehend
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...members of the Class of 1935 are able to understand both the capitalist and the communist, individual initiative and the common good and comprehend the assets and liabilities of each, they will prevent the necessity of a second graduation...
Even a casual reading of the report should show one that it was written in neither a belligerent nor an impertinent spirit. It was self-evident to the Committee that Mr. Leighton and his staff not only comprehend thoroughly the significance of the questions discussed but are working hard to solve them. The intention behind the report is cooperative; that of presenting an accurate and constructive Freshman viewpoint for consideration in the formation of any policies...
...position Copey carved out for himself over a long span of years, is some thing which should give the present administration pause. Men such as Charles Townsend Copeland, Bliss Perry and LeBaron Russell Briggs cannot be selected on any single standard. No rigid standard could be devised to comprehend such outstanding individuals. Copey embodies, as do few other men, all the intangible qualities which go to make up the great teacher...
After 30 years, it is easier for the normally intelligent man to understand the interest that these gruesome figures have for artists, even though he may not be able to comprehend the technical skill, the shrewd relation of form to material that these savage artists used. Their work was not idly decorative but deeply purposeful. They were making religious symbols just as earnestly as the romanesque stone carvers of the 9th Century in Europe. Fear of angry gods and strong enemies was their dominant emotion as they fashioned their fetishes to win divine favor and victory on the battlefield. Wrote...
...alien tones that at this hour of darkness had no right, according to all the parietal rules, to issue forth from within the monastic confines of the ivy-clad Georgian depths. In a glance his trained eye had the situation in hand and his other eye began to comprehend and follow uncertain but trusting the leadership of its more intelligent brother...