I think trying to understand our world is a really complicated endeavor and it's important to have a sort of solid rational approach like science does."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

She says it is important to understand how appearance communicates personality.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

Lieberman says Iran must understand that it is on an explicit timeline in which the international community expects to see results.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

This style is clear, easy to understand by the Russians more and more people learn about it every day,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

"It is a great medium to reach people, people in academics started to understand the power of gaming."

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

"We in President Obama's administration understand what it is like to go through a transition period.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

This is not an academic conference. This is,as I understand it, a gathering of human beings concerned about turning around one of the greatest threats humankind has faced.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"We saw,with the stimulus the effort to rush and spend, what can happen if you jam major legislation before people have an opportunity to understand what is in it,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

He said a decision will come soon. "It will be one that is fully transparent so the American people understand exactly what we are doing and why we are doing it,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

"It is about the ability to understand our world, to harness and train that human capacity to solve problems and think critically a set of skills that informs the decisions we make throughout our lives."

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

Lee Smith says it has always been hard for Americans to understand exactly why peace in the Middle East is so elusive, and why violence and terrorism are so pervasive and persistent in the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"I still get seizures. So now,when they remove the part that the seizure is triggered from, (it's supposed to stop.") While Harris is in hospital, she is helping scientists understand how the brain comprehends and uses language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

"You know you can send all the envoys in the world, you can listen, you can encourage, but I understand all the priorities that he has tugging at him, but I think that that is what it is going to take."

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

"I am very confident that that would leave us in the position where the government is taking risks it does not understand, cannot manage effectively, highly vulnerable to overpaying for those assets, and charges that we are giving a disguised subsidy that is unjustified,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.24