Word: fathoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vietnam War curdled my life in a way that I have yet to fathom. For you, it was 30-odd pages in a textbook in prep school. For me, it was a comprehensive examination of where I stood on my humanity, a sixth final exam, if you will, that comprised all the others and was given in the form of surprise spot quizzes every day of my life...
...Leaders were worried that the Dallas outfit wouldn't hire enough minorities and women, though the firm insisted it would. In the wake of political infighting over who should get the lucrative contract, it went to an outsider, Aircraft Service International of Miami, which has had to race to fathom the system in a few months. Then too the eagerness of Denver's leaders to retain control and ensure minority participation in all phases of construction led them to put city officials in command, overseeing hundreds of contracts, rather than hand off the duties to a general contractor, who might...
Although the cast includes several stars, most notably Gerard Depardieu and Miou Miou, the characterizations are almost uniformly incomplete and it is difficult to comprehend each individual's motivations. While in Zola's novel Germinal Etienne is depicted as passionate if misguided, it is impossible for the audience to fathom why, after sojourning, it seems, only a few days in the mining town of Montsou, he incites the workers to strike despite obvious indications that this action will have no positive effects. Renaud, a French folk singer, plays the part stiffly and as an observer, creating a character unsympathetic...
Kudos to time for focusing public attention on a potential threat to the stability of the world's financial markets: the wild growth of derivatives ((COVER STORIES, April 11)). These complex new investment instruments have become so esoteric that only those who live in cyberspace can possibly fathom them. Since most of us inhabit the real world, we're fortunate that there are reporters who can alert us earthlings to the danger. Properly used, derivatives can lessen volatility. But $14 trillion floating around the world unaccounted for could lead to a financial meltdown. Congressional oversight is needed...
Dershowitz, however, insisted that it is useless to attempt to fathom what these creatures might resemble. "The imagination," he said, "can't even conceive of what other forms might look like. We are as accidental as anything...