Word: comprehends
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...usually about somebody else)--the annual drive can be an especially rewarding opportunity to spend some captive-audience time with our kids. It can also be a challenging time, as most parents know too well ("We there yet?" "He's touching me!"). For reasons I don't fully comprehend, since I'm not fond of driving and do all of it, I actually look forward to this two-day, 1,300-mile sojourn. Perhaps it's simply a change of pace from my frequent-flyer life-style. For Nancy, who doesn't travel much, I suspect it's a refreshing...
...recent decision to deny tenure to Professor Beatrice Hanssen (News, May 24) is shocking. Given Hanssen's role as an eminent scholar, teacher, administrator and member of the Harvard community, her denial of tenure is hard to comprehend. She is an established and internationally recognized critic and scholar...
...recent decision to deny tenure to Professor Beatrice Hanssen (News, May 24) is shocking. Given Hanssen's role as an eminent scholar, teacher, administrator and member of the Harvard community, her denial of tenure is hard to comprehend. She is an established and internationally recognized critic and scholar...
...bacterial infections plummeted, a grateful world needed a hero. Fleming alone became such an object of public adulation, probably for two reasons. First, Florey shunned the press, while Fleming seemed to revel in the publicity. Second, and perhaps more important, it was easier for the admiring public to comprehend the deductive insight of a single individual than the technical feats of a team of scientists...
...strategies such as abandoning the car or the combustion of fossil fuels. Tree-huggers and rainbow warriors have been much maligned for their irrational attempts to block human development, and as such the environmental movement has often suffered discredit and marginalization. I am an "environmentalist," yet I can fully comprehend the frustration with which people view the movement...