Word: understands
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Imagine, if you will, having someone unfamiliar with Greek read a Greek examination to you by describing the individual letters in each sentence. Then imagine how much harder it would be to understand the reader if you had never physically seen any of the Greek letters he was describing to you. That scenario approaches a sense of the difficulties I faced trying to take my Math 1b examination with a proctor who could not read math...
...little effect on the big bang theory. "It's going to do cosmology in the small sense," he says. Joseph Silk of the University of California at Berkeley agrees, saying that the ST will have only an indirect impact on big bang research. However, "We'll have a better understanding of galactic evolution, and you have to know that to understand the earlier universe," he says...
...understand anymore what is being fought for. The country is rent into sectarian fiefdoms ruled by quarreling Christian, Muslim and Druse warlords. The once thriving economy has all but collapsed. With nine Americans and five other foreigners still held hostage by Muslim gangs, few Westerners any longer dare set foot in the country...
...Jolla Country Day. Students have been instructed how to evacuate the building during a bomb threat, and a psychologist has counseled Rogers' pupils. Officials held a "terrorism awareness" briefing for faculty members. And 21 fourth-graders anxiously await the return of their beloved Mrs. Rogers. "What Americans need to understand is that the way to deal with terrorism is not to isolate the victim but to stand together," observes San Diego Congressman Bill Lowery, Rogers' most vocal supporter. "((The terrorists')) weapon is fear. Most Americans realize that, and I hope the parents and the administration at La Jolla Country...
Those responsible for the Nunn/McCurdy legislation understand that the bill will undergo many amendments and alterations before it is finally voted upon, and they are more than willing to listen to student concerns and ideas. I would urge Mr. Baer and other critics not to dismiss the bill out of hand but rather to help shape it into its most positive form. The present bill is not perfect, but if we work together, we can make it more nearly so. The future of the country is at stake...