Word: comprehend
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Thoreau had written his essay in Atlanta, he would have noted that most people here cannot comprehend the motivation behind sauntering anywhere. And as they gaze at me from behind the tinted windows of their road raging vehicles, it shows. One driver even pulled over to ask me if I was having car trouble...
...series Hitler: The Rise of Evil [TELEVISION, May 19] reported that many people were concerned that this biography of Adolf Hitler would risk humanizing the tyrant--as if this were a bad thing! What better way to combat evil than to understand it in its full context? We must comprehend all the facets--human and inhuman--of Hitler's life in order to appreciate fully the horror that his hate brought to the world. In refusing to pay attention to the disturbing ways in which Hitler may have resembled a normal person, the world runs the risk of allowing another...
Once the partying died down, however, our lives were once again in danger. The designated driver, a fellow sophomore, didn’t know French or downtown Montreal. Combined with the limited visibility, his inability to comprehend that the bright red signs marked “Arrête!” meant “Stop” led to several close calls...
...they are, as I can, you would give them all the respect in the world,” Moulton wrote in the letter to his brother. “All of these young kids are...facing challenges, fears and experiences most people on the home front could not even comprehend...
...late, though, for eight-year-old Chia-ru. Her father, Tang Se-hu, says she is still trying to comprehend the loss of her mother and misses the trips she used to make to the hospital where, he says, "her mom was always working." He adds, "she knows her mom helped care for people and saved lives." When she's older she will no doubt wish that someone had taken more care with her mother's life...