understanding
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Nations in the Middle East and Africa have largely operated under the understanding that to keep the peace they won’t redraw borders set since independence.
One of the younger students, Alexandre Hubert, 21, says he wanted a deeper understanding of the looming economic war between Europe and China.
From BBC
She wonders if, even a few years earlier, the film would have "found this level of public understanding".
From BBC
As Coleman notes, "Simultaneous space- and ground-based observations of microlensing events could be applied in the planning of future exploratory missions and could lead to a better understanding of how planets form across the Galaxy."
From Science Daily
"This is one good step toward a long journey in understanding how we can better heal the elderly," he said.
From Science Daily
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