But there's nothing like seeing a culture up close, to understand first hand what it really means.
It's something I understand first hand.
As a past member of Homeland Security, I understand first hand a secure border is absolutely critical……but to erect a fence that which there is no measurable data to estimate its ultimate efficiency, is little more than an extravagance that reaps minimal benefits for America.
As a former US Army Captain and Iraq veteran, I understand first hand the challenges our national security apparatus will face when dealing with this growing threat.
Who understand first hand that any child can descend into darkness, as surely as they can be gripped by cancer, or felled by a random bullet.
I am writing this piece because I want to protect the new republic that the U.S. pushed hard for, because I am a survivor in our second war with North Sudan, and because I understand first hand the horrors of violence, and I want to protect our future generations from the same nightmares I experienced.
This, too, is a kind of romanticism but one I understood first-hand, the adolescent romanticism of the first time, as all new knowledge, and even ordinary street views, seemed sufficiently wondrous and surprising to give rise to metaphysical and subjective delight.
Memory, a parent to a six-year old daughter himself, understood first-hand the challenges today's parents face in a multi-screen, always-on world.
Barba understood first-hand the difficulties realtors faced in putting their data online, including data access fees, paperwork, technical challenges, and more, because of his own background in real estate.
But the financier turned fitness franchisor, along with his co-founders, also understood first-hand how equally challenging it can be to stick to a daily workout regimen while building a company -- even if that company includes a network of five gyms and two spin studios.
