Word: understandable
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...prevalent than the fear of not-Harvard. But even if the fear of a closed door is more of a catalyst than the thrill of an open door, a door is a door is a door. Perhaps through the benefit of her Radcliffe education, Adrienne Rich '51 came to understand this very well...
Fixing what's wrong with the system is no trickier than preserving the parts that work. But first the country has to understand which is which. Everyone from the libertarian Cato Institute to the American Association of Retired Persons is ready to offer a different answer, but for now all agree that the main thing is to get people thinking about the issue--something the President alone is positioned to do. That Clinton has seized this moment is testament to political instincts and probably no small amount of polling. What he does with this moment will say something about...
...almost absurd to think that a child in kindergarten could read Watterson's strip, blink twice and say, "I don't get it"--that a child would not understand the essence of childhood...
From the outset, Nina knows she's going to lose the battle to win George's love. Aniston makes us understand why she keeps fighting the self-defeating...
...hopeful. Davidson's descriptions of the mother are well-crafted and sad without being overly cheesy or moralistic. The mother is "like a ghost come to life," when she arrives in Greece, and the narrator thinks "she [the mother] looks beautiful, as always. I have just begun to understand how a secret life can undermine what appears strong on the surface, the way water can eat the foundations of a rock until it becomes an empty cave." Both of these descriptions are toned down from Davidson's usual highly adjectival style, which becomes annoying after some time...