Word: comprehend
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...focused almost exclusively on Mailer’s decision to include a bibliography, it was a sign that something was wrong.As it turns out, there are many “somethings” wrong with the novel: a frequently dull plot supported by flaccid prose, an inability to fully comprehend or adequately portray its complex and weighty subject, an overriding sense of banality posing as profundity, and a philosophical heart that is as intellectually dissatisfying as it is morally troubling. Of course, it also contains intermittent hints of brilliance, but they come in all the wrong places and dissipate...
...someone given the escape valve of biraciality would choose to be black, would see some beauty in his darker self and still care more about health care and public education than reparations and Confederate flags is just too much for many small-minded racists, both black and white, to comprehend...
...that's the full extent of writer-director Joe Carnahan's originality. And since he never bothers to establish why we should care about any of his characters, we just sit there numbly, awaiting the next sensation and trying, without notable success, to comprehend the preposterous backstory - dating back decades - with which it is lackadaisically equipped...
...National Security Adviser; 2) urged the naming of an independent counsel to investigate the affair; 3) supported congressional requests for special committees to look into the scandal; and 4) promised his Administration's full cooperation with investigators. "I can appreciate why some of these things are difficult to comprehend," he told his audience. "You're enti tled to have your questions answered...
...comprehend what it is like to be that woman. Do you appreciate the words and caresses of your distraught family while racked with frustration at your inability to reassure them that they are getting through? Or do you drift in a haze, springing to life with a concrete thought when a voice prods you, only to slip back into blankness? If we could experience this existence, would we prefer it to death? And if these questions have answers, would they change our policies toward unresponsive patients--making the Terri Schiavo case look like child's play...