Word: comprehendible
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Both members of the gay community and Republicans—many of whom cannot comprehend how a member of their group could possibly belong to the other—often spurn people like Aguero. “When some people find out I’m gay and conservative,” Aguero says, “they act like I’m a mutant or something...
...hard to comprehend the loss, and as I've come to realize after numerous trips home, television doesn't do it justice. Katrina was no ordinary hurricane, and it will take much more than an ordinary response. According to the American Red Cross, Katrina alone destroyed an estimated 275,000 housing units, nearly 10 times as many as Hurricane Andrew. Five of those homes belonged to my family members...
...European cities as clean, safe, and egalitarian, crime rates in European cities have been skyrocketing for the past decade and have equaled—and in many cases surpassed—those of their American counterparts. Part of the reason that the riots were so difficult for many to comprehend here is that they cut against so many ingrained prejudices and preconceptions about America and Europe. We, and not the Europeans, are supposed to be racist, stagnant, and repressive. We are the ones who supposedly shunt away our unwanted and care only for certain types of citizens...
...secular” as “anti-religious,” leading them to resist the Western emphasis on secular government. Ibrahim stressed that terrorism “must be condemned universally,” saying that extremist interpretations of Islam demonstrate “a failure to comprehend the religion, an obsolete understanding, a truncated view.” Many Malaysian students attended the talk and asked Ibrahim questions afterward—a sharp contrast with some of Ibrahim’s past experiences. In Malaysia, there is still a “media blackout?...
...example, the course History of Science 152, “Filming Science,” which was offered last spring. It was specifically geared towards scientifically minded individuals, to pursue a specific academic topic and convey the idea so that anyone, whether within or outside of the sciences, could comprehend this subject matter. It is exciting to think that we are increasingly able to fuse multiple disciplines in order to understand the world around...