Erskine's narrative is driven by the question of whether Mike will learn to comprehend the value of that gift.
But in reality it is far easier for most people to see the merit of the Della Robbia dynasty than it is to comprehend the value of cheap performance art with lashings of erotic gel.
"Go to Harvard; Give Your Kid a Break" (Op-Ed, Dec. 8) is knee-jerk egalitarianism that fails to comprehend the value of the system that the writers were attacking.
Ceding human control over decisions about who lives and who dies would also deprive people of their inherent dignity, as inanimate machines can neither truly comprehend the value of human life nor the significance of its loss.
Beyond methodological issues, the inability of comprehending the value of BRCA1, ERCC1, RRM1, and TYMS (B, E, R, T) expression in the assessment of NSCLC patients may be related to the nature of these markers.
Baker, in his acknowledgments, hopes that readers comprehend "the value in attempting a neutral history of a White House about which almost no one is neutral".
I mean, I know that diamonds are rare, and I know that they are representative of your social status, but I just can't comprehend the value in shelling out £15,000 for a device that otherwise costs £599.
Larger multicenter studies with longer followup, or meta-analyses of existing studies, are needed to fully comprehend the prognostic value of these modalities.
Says Scott: "Many European developers/candidates are not seemingly able to comprehend the potential value of Share Options (even if generous).
To fully comprehend the added value of 3D planning corrective osteotomies, we feel a randomized controlled study is inevitable.
Mainstream audiences often lag behind the intellectual classes in appreciating the more adventurous composers, but sometimes they are quicker to perceive the value of music that the politicians of style fail to comprehend.
