Word: comprehend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know (or will soon find out), it is not pretty. Having gone through shopping period last year, I assumed I was prepared. The night before, I studied all my options. I memorized all the key CUE figures, averaged them, compared them and cross-indexed them. I tried vainly to comprehend the deeper significance of phrases like "a smattering find Professor X's lectures uninspiring" and "a significant minority grumble about the workload." For advice, I phoned close friends and e-mailed total strangers...
...hadn't the spacecraft responded to controllers' signals before? Perhaps, suggested an ESA scientist, the probing signals were too complex for the weakened SOHO to comprehend. Early in August controllers sent a much simpler message. Result: contact! SOHO responded by transmitting its carrier signal. It was still alive and, as its batteries gradually charged, able to transmit a modicum of data...
...comes the chaos that challenges patriotic fervor as well as the mind's capacity to comprehend horror--the D-day landing on Omaha: seasick soldiers slaughtered the minute the ramps on their landing boats are lowered; other men clambering over the sides trying to avoid the fire, only to drown under the weight of their packs; the surf turning red with the blood of the slaughtered; some who make it to the narrow beach huddling immobilized yet pathetically vulnerable behind what little cover they can find. A few inch forward, hoping perhaps that being a moving target is safer than...
With Soul Asylum's new album, Candy from a Stranger, one cannot really comprehend why Soul Asylum faded so fast. Candy from a Stranger is not a bad album--in fact, it is quite good. After all, what is there not to like about Soul Asylum? Their lyrics are admirable, the music is interesting, and Pirner has a relatively unique voice. Yet, despite all the goodness of the new album, somehow Soul Asylum has not been able to distinguish itself from other one-hit wonder grunge-y bands; Pirner and the band have been unable to really make their mark...
...Washington and Tokyo struggle to comprehend what action is necessary and what "action" even means in the latest crisis, perhaps we should examine our own cultural awareness as we prepare to embark into the ever-shrinking global village. While Gaps are opening up all around the world, let us not fail to mind the gaps in cultural education that extend beyond sushi and the french...