But once he's understood a company and bought it, he leaves the chief executive to run it.

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Once Ravi understood that he would be living with Clementi, not Picone, he felt that he knew these essential facts: his roommate was gay, profoundly uncool, and not well off.

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Once he heard about the accident, he knew it was his duty to help, since so few people understood how to run reactor systems.

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Once these components were installed and their functions understood, he was on his way to eliminating them with Egenera's software.

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He put his arm around Pura (who, for once, looked as if she understood that something was wrong).

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