Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Understand that when we stand before Christians and sing to Christ with an air of apathy, we could be interpreted as not taking Christianity seriously," read the e-mail, which was provided to The Crimson by a member of the group. "Understand that when we go before a black church or a black elementary school and say we're about to sing gospel with nearly half our members white, we immediately bear the burden of proof...
...from the family, read by Val Price, the public defender who appointed himself Drew's lawyer, Pat and Dennis Golden said they "would like to explain the situation and make it clear for everyone and to take away the pain for everyone, but they simply cannot. They, too, cannot understand, and they, too, are asking why Andrew, their 11-year-old baby, is allegedly involved...
...What are going to be the consequences for the rest of my life?" Bringing them through the treacherous pathways of mass culture takes a watchful adult. Things that merely amuse a grownup can injure a child, whose brain undergoes a powerful development surge before age 14. "Parents don't understand that taking a four-year-old to True Lies--a fun movie for adults but excessively violent--is poison to their brain," says Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Boys...
...general readers. The company, with $1.8 billion in revenue, will be double the size of the next largest house, Simon & Schuster. "We're all as surprised as the rest of the world," says Jack Romanos, a top Simon & Schuster executive. "To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure we understand what it means...
...maybe, the sexual liberation of society has already proceeded so quickly in other regards--given how fast attitudes have changed with respect to premarital sex and women's sexuality--that many people simply feel they are not yet ready to understand and accept a culture informed by queerness. Perhaps, in time, with the aid of rational and sensitive outreach efforts by the queer community, we will see a radically transformed cultural landscape. Just as the stigma attached to interracial couples is slowly dissipating, gay and lesbian couples will no longer provoke a second glance...