Word: understandably
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...trip to Valencia in 2006, Pope Benedict XVI made it clear that he was not pleased with the changes in Spain, including same-sex marriage. "We want to make people understand that according to human nature, it is man and woman who are made for each other and can give humanity a future," he told reporters. "The family is a unique institution in God's plan." Spanish bishops have organized huge rallies in Madrid to protest Zapatero's new laws, but polls continue to show that the reforms have broad support. Indeed, after spending centuries gazing lovingly across the Mediterranean...
...Those passages, at least, are over quickly, and now that Bhutto has herself been slain by extremists, one hopes that she can be remembered for her honest effort to understand and influence the future direction of her religion, if not for her honest governance. As her posthumous words show, the tragedy of Bhutto's death is not so much in the loss of a great leader for Pakistan - her record as Prime Minister is hardly to be emulated - but in the silencing of a passionate advocate of moderate, contemporary Islam...
...Working closely with community leaders made me realize the importance of having volunteers understand the context within which they’re working,” she says. “It changes people’s behaviors and improves the quality of the service and the program...
...Without an effort to understand a community past the three hours it takes for one philanthropy project, change often isn’t viable or sustainable...
...parachuting into a place, it can do harm if you don’t know what you’re doing,” says Shane P. Donovan ’09, one of the 14 directors of the Harvard Homeless Shelter. If you don’t understand the community that well or don’t have the energy to really go after it, you might be detracting time from the kids that they could be spending with people who know them better...