Word: comprehends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...read the letter may have found the definitions even more confusing than the terms themselves. Me too. Anxious to receive more hate mail, and perhaps some more lucid definitions of the terms that confuse me, I present some more terms whose meaning I am unable to comprehend...
...panel held before Christmas. Although committee members voted last week against releasing their findings, an earlier version, like so many other important documents in Washington, was leaked before the week was out. Despite the report's damning implication that the President either did not know or did not comprehend fully what his staff was up to, the White House was eager for the document's release. The primary reason: the preliminary investigation found no evidence linking the President to the illegal rerouting of money to the contras...
...says the hurdle of disbelief was conquered when "I realized [God] is something you don't really understand. If you could comprehend it, it would become non-existent. [Then] everything became more clear...
Richard G. Darman '64, deputy secretary of the Treasury, said in his speech before 300 students and faculty members that the country's education system is to blame for the failure of businesses to comprehend properly their role in both national and international market finance...
...than a regular lead story, the Economy & Business Special Reports will treat large subjects with an introductory survey, followed by separate stories examining various themes. Explains Senior Editor Charles Alexander, who oversaw this week's Special Report on the auto industry: "This format makes a broad subject easier to comprehend and allows us to approach it from different perspectives...