Democrats picked up seats in that election, but it kept them from understanding that a fundamental realignment had taken place.

NPR: Overhauling Health Care Takes More Than Money

' We give them a little one-liner to get them from being confused to understanding the concept.

WSJ: The Importance of the Oatmeal

In return, they provide monetary and political support for politicians' pet projects--from recycling to windmills--with the understanding that politicians will give them legislative back doors to recover the costs of these programs from customers or taxpayers.

FORBES

George Papandreou, Greece's Socialist prime minister, can count on a degree of understanding from half the electorate (not all of them voters for his party) that the country faces a make-or-break moment in which wrenching change is the only alternative to outright disaster.

ECONOMIST: The Greek crisis

Share them with people who you know will benefit from understanding a little bit more about the myths and realities.

WHITEHOUSE: La reforma acabar�� con "el racionamiento", no lo aumentar��

Even though none of us is ever going to be perfect, every new competency we conquer does have a long-lasting impact on our children, from understanding how to teach children self-control, to helping them gain confidence, to learning how to gain their cooperation (so we don't resort to yelling).

CNN: A different kind of parenting resolution

My interpretation is that stakeholders periodically get their hopes up for something new or different, and then info they get from a variety of controlled and social sources returns them to their prior understanding of the firm.

FORBES: Microsoft Earnings and Xbox Event Will Likely Meet Expectations...and That's the Problem

Understanding them, taking pleasure in hearing them, requires an active participation from the listener never demanded before from the piano sonata.

NPR: Andras Schiff's Beethoven Odyssey in L.A.

As a foundation to our work, we spend as much time as we possibly can sitting alongside young people, talking to them, getting to know where they are coming from and gaining an understanding of their situations.

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