The more conservative tragic view works within the understanding that humans generally are selfish.

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The settings, too, are interiors: cramped rooms, generally lent by understanding friends after Coleridge had left his wife and children in the Lake District and decided to become a man of letters in London.

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His theories have also helped with understanding the choice between equity and debt, and corporate finance more generally.

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Brazil's legal system derives from Roman law, in which judges generally base their decisions less on the precedents set by their predecessors and more on their understanding of a written code.

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Dr. Wolniak and his team at NORC were commissioned by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans (HAA) in 2010 to advance the understanding of resilience among HAA Scholars and among at-risk youth generally.

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Nevertheless, while the focus has been on candidates with political stature who are generally supportive of clean energy, as I wrote earlier this week a clear understanding of the innovation process and an eye towards continuing reforming the DOE should be the primary prerequisites.

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The 12-year-olds, however, generally did as well as their mothers on social understanding tasks, indicating that children at this age can be as "socially sophisticated" as adults, the authors said.

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Not surprisingly, those who have, in Mr. Coughlin's words, "a professional duty to know" the nature of the enemy and its threat doctrine have generally been unwilling to jeopardize their careers and reputations by accurately understanding and depicting such things.

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