Word: comprehendingly
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...we’ve met here at Harvard, whether it was drunk at senior bar, in a slightly more comprising way at the Last Chance Dance, or even on move-in day of freshman year, have improved our lives, the total benefit of which we won’t comprehend until many years down the road...
...both in and outside of that country targeting the U.S. The President very quickly put it to political use against the Democrats. On Wednesday, speaking at a commencement address to the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., he said: "The question for our elected leaders is: Do we comprehend the danger of an al-Qaeda victory in Iraq, and will we do what it takes to stop them? However difficult the fight in Iraq has become, we must win it. Al-Qaeda is public enemy number one for Iraq's young democracy, and al-Qaeda is public enemy number...
...library’s atmosphere makes a Sisyphus of every present student. They strive for new knowledge even as the steady crush of clammy air and ambition-on-Adderall inexorably overwhelms them. Even as one seeks to comprehend Kierkegaard upon entering Lamont, he will leave knowing only that philosopher’s existential despair...
...education at Harvard is provided by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, not the Faculty of Arts or Sciences. A well-balanced education isn’t the quickest path to fulfill requirements for professional school, but rather a slow process that gives students tools through which they can comprehend the world they live in. Harvard needs to take more seriously its commitment to interdisciplinary studies that not only cross departmental lines, but also cross the humanities-science barrier. If not, then we will be able to watch the death of more concentrations in the near future...
...purchased. The government also should severely limit the quantity of firearms, especially handguns, that a customer can obtain in a given period of time—it is difficult to conceive of a legitimate circumstance that would call for the simultaneous purchase of multiple handguns. Similarly difficult to comprehend is the need for personal ownership of assault weapons; renewing the federal ban on such weapons should be a Congressional priority. Background checks must be thorough and make use of all available resources—they should not be “instant” enough to be completed...