Word: fathoms
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...intended but narrowly ideological adults. Its subjects, of course, don't see it that way. Fischer has said it's great publicity for her endeavors. And Ewing sees her point. "It's hard not to respect people who have deep passions," she says. Neither she nor Grady can entirely fathom why the Evangelicals feel so profoundly threatened in a largely tolerant U.S. They speculate that casual, unthinking secularism, represented by everything from the TV schedule to Wal-Mart's groaning shelves, makes these Evangelicals feel encircled and unheeded despite their relative prosperity. The directors also wonder, as Grady puts...
...there were no stories of people bashing down walls and running through doors. It was just the common man--skinny kids out of the Depression getting out of high school and going right into the war. And then getting into battle that just was more than they could fathom. Their average age was 19. What that must have done to the brain of a young kid. And then going home--but not normally, like most kids. The government put them out on this war-bond drive. They came back to a million people at Times Square and climbing these papier...
...high school and going right into the war. Maybe with adventure in their hearts and patriotisim in their hearts, or maybe they felt it was a just a job to do. Or maybe all of the above. And then getting into battle that just was more than they could fathom. Their average age was 19. What that must have done to the brain of a young kid. And then going home, but not normally like most kids. The government put them out on this war-bond drive. They came back to a million people at Times Square, and climbing these...
...past five days of my life have been the most harrowing five days I [have ever] experienced. When I heard the news on Wednesday that two Israeli soldiers had been taken hostage I knew it was not good news, but I could not fathom in my wildest dreams what that would bring...
...Indeed, the facts would be hard to fathom in just about any place outside Chicago. The government of Cook County, with a population of 5.5 million, has an operating budget over $3 billion, the prospect of a $100 million budget deficit and unanswered questions about possible tax increases and service cuts. But since Cook County Board President John Stroger, 77, suffered a stroke on March 14, a week before easily winning the primary election, he hasn't been seen in public since. For all practical purposes, no one has been running the county for the past three months...