Not believing that the norm of objectivity is attainable, they prefer to present their political views openly and tend to be much more partisan in how they interpret world events.

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Theories also help us make sense of data, and they provide us with lenses to view and interpret the world.

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How should Colombia and the world interpret this gesture?

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For the very first time, a group of selected young people from around the world were asked to interpret the main conclusions of the 2012 EFA Global Monitoring Report.

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Great leaders know how to create the right lens through which their teams view the world, allowing them to interpret even the toughest situations in constructive, empowering ways.

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And of course, as my interaction with the Reeds demonstrated, we physicians all too easily forget that many of our patients come from different backgrounds than we do, backgrounds that shape the way they view the world and the way they interpret their medical encounters.

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Apparently there are few geologists in the world who have the skill to interpret the logs and read the seismic data from the cretaceous to establish exactly what has been found 6 miles down.

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But if the distinction between reality and fantasy is blurred, children may interpret violence on the screen as being appropriate in the real world.

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