Word: comprehend
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...movie does not confine itself to its trapped protagonists. Stone's reconstruction of the initial response to the attack--the disbelief, the mad dash of the rescuers to the disaster site, the desperate attempts to comprehend and get organized--is electrifyingly realized. In a movie age dominated by fictional disasters, it is wonderful to see Hollywood technology mobilized to make a worthwhile point, which is, finally, a very simple one: that under the impress of unimaginable chaos, human beings are capable of simple yet astonishing courage and altruism. Even in the place where a movie like this could go soft...
...Public Opinion Quarterly by Georgine Pion and Mark Lipsey echoed the BBC’s article: “In early studies of perception of scientists by high school and college students [dating back to the early 1960s] they were seen as intellectual dedicated human beings, but difficult to comprehend and erratic in their interpersonal relationships… 41 percent agreed that they were ‘apt to be odd and peculiar people.’ Such unflattering, stereotypic images of scientists apparently remain prevalent, even among knowledgeable people.”The modern myth of the scientist these...
...just the basis of a contrived tear-jerker movie, something that could only happen on the silver screen. No—it was something possible and real, something every human being could do with minimal effort. It was a humbling lesson that took some time to fully comprehend, a lesson I still haven’t managed to work into my daily life no matter how hard I’ve tried, a lesson in moral reasoning more profound than anything else I have learned in my two years at Harvard. “I’m a journalist...
...America's Interstate system - the largest civil engineering project in human history - is actually substantively complete. And now that it is, we can begin to comprehend its scope and impact. After we've spread enough asphalt and concrete and acquired enough right-of-way to cover the entire surface of the state of Delaware, we can begin to comprehend how this sprawling 75 m.p.h. planet of concrete, asphalt, steel and white-line-paint has changed America - both the way we live and how we view our nation. Like some vast, caffeine-propelled external manifestation of our collective nervous system, these...
...jury teared up after the verdict was announced. No wonder defense attorney Androphy worries that the verdict was more ?spontaneous? than ?intelligent.? ?I don't think the jury necessarily identified any financial issues, accounting issues,? he said. ?There's no way in just a couple days they could fully comprehend the law and at the end of day apply the law to the facts and come up with an intelligent verdict." Indeed, David Berg, a Houston attorney and author of The Trial Lawyer: What it Takes to Win, contends that Lay ?was convicted on all counts because...