The third may lend perspective to the family's reticence.
Hanks, the son of Tom, explains that he often looks for "humblers" -- moments that lend perspective.
Giambi did not make himself available Wednesday to lend perspective on the latest drug maelstrom.
It lends perspective when you have a bad loss or bad practice.
Even the main question these days about I.B.M.'s future lends perspective.
The goal, colleagues said, was to lend perspective to a public alternately smitten and scared by scientific advances.
But Boivin hopes that the story of our ancient past will lend perspective to current conservation efforts.
His family gathered near the bottom of the course, including his older brother, Frederic, who has cerebral palsy and lent perspective to the family's Olympian.
They believe even harrowing experiences, if managed and overcome, can lend perspective and fearlessness in commerce and provoke that "healthy discontent with the status quo" that galvanizes entrepreneurs.
If distance lends perspective, he has it; Mr. Anderson resides in Friday Harbor, Wash., a town on San Juan Island, about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver.
