Word: comprehendingly
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Markas Muller, who was scheduled to fly home to Hanover, Germany yesterday, said he could not comprehend the images broadcast out of New York...
Attempting to comprehend fully the vast edges of the cosmos is futile. Doubtless these theories will be revised and replaced many times over. Perhaps it is best to ignore why the world turns and simply celebrate that it does. Don't worry about the end of the universe; no one gets out alive. JOHN CURRAN Wellesley, Mass...
...Sometimes there's just no point in trying to comprehend the incomprehensible...
These discoveries raise more questions than they answer. For example, just because scientists know dark matter is there doesn't mean they understand what it really is. Same goes for dark energy. "If you thought the universe was hard to comprehend before," says University of Chicago astrophysicist Michael Turner, "then you'd better take some smart pills, because it's only going to get worse...
...derided by the liberal intelligentsia as a Mr. Malaprop, a golf-playing, crony-loving dim bulb. But Stephen Ambrose, in his classic biography of Eisenhower, describes how Ike deliberately mangled the language to put reporters off the track or to get them to think that he didn't fully comprehend the issues. Ike found that he could accomplish more when people thought he might not be up to the task...