We have obtained topographic measurements of the surface of Mars. We understand the elevation differences.

It is not our will that is being tested, but our understanding of reality.

And there's something inside of us that is beyond our understanding.

We understood where we were heading, because we knew where we had been.

We have simply presented views based on our reading of the legislation.

We understood these as a condition whose fulfillment the International Olympic Committee would demand.

And where did they go? If we can understand this, then maybe we can figure out how people can be so happy with this.

But the fact remains that our understanding of these policies mechanics is rudimentary.

Only by understanding that first event, however, can we understand the others.

There are, however, wide gaps in our understanding and observation of desertification processes and their underlying factors.

And our understanding of macro prudential regulation and how that affects financial stability is still at a very early stage.

Because, if that hypothesis were to be true, it would have massive repercussions in our understanding of what's causing the many different aspects of the autism phenotype.

Holistic support, the way we understand it, includes food and shelter, plus psychological, social and educational backing.

But the story of how we came to understand the universe is just as much a story of listening as it is by looking.

As we understand it, Africa is seeking this right the right of veto on behalf of the entire African region, not for one or two States.

Civil society would play a crucial role in deepening our understanding of complex systems underlying prosperity.

We have gleaned from what we heard that the situation in Kosovo is, on the whole, developing satisfactorily and that significant progress has been made in standards implementation.

For example, we need to improve our understanding of the patterns that characterize illicit trafficking activities in order for Member States to be provided with the information needed to effectively combat such activities.

I think that's a remarkable demonstration of the power and beauty and universality of the laws of physics, because we understand that process, because we understand the structure of atoms here on Earth.

I think it's quite apt. It's our empathy, it's our tuning in which separates us from Machiavellians or sociopaths.

As a result, we d all feel perfectly secure and have a good time but because we all understood the rules and we agreed on them together.

The MDG summit is missing an opportunity to begin this much needed revolution in our understanding of economic development as well.

While in principle, chess is solvable, the game s computational complexity is almost incomprehensible.

However, our understanding of how and why social isolation is risky for health or conversely how and why social ties and relationships are protective of health, still remains quite limited.

I would, therefore, once more like to commend the Secretary General and his staff and the United Nations agencies, both professional and volunteer, for all they have done in the field to deepen our understanding of those causes.

houmar83 From the very beginning we understood what is said in the radio, and we heard about the validation of projects to extract minerals and licenses, but our luck from all this is death.

Our point was only to indicate that there was a difference between what was intended, as we understood it, and what was actually enacted.

Continued global, regional and subregional partnerships will improve our understanding of ocean processes and ensure that its resources are preserved for the enjoyment of our children.

Unfortunately, this focus on savings distorts understanding and distracts from the real challenge of creating mass consumption markets in developing countries.

As events in Egypt and elsewhere have shown, we are only just beginning to comprehend the effects of the information revolution on power in this century.

China s environmental problems, complex as the causes may be, can ultimately be attributed to our understanding of Marxism.

As the financial crisis has shown, it is also the process that enables us to increase our understanding and ultimately to envisage a new world.

Therefore, as we understand it, the proposal for agenda item 1 was not agreed to by the Non Aligned Movement.

It had underground all the data OK, data is brown and boxy and boring, and that's how we think of it, isn't it?

Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for thinking the improbable by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.

The fundamentals of our conception of human nature can all be found in Darwin s notebooks, written 175 years ago and before his thirtieth birthday.

Scholars of the region, like myself, are also recognizing that our understanding of Arab politics did not anticipate this wave of successful protest.

But just as undeniable was the huge tremor that shook our antediluvian conceptions of society, morals, and the state.

Should we use our growing scientific understanding of the basis of human morality to try to make people morally better?

So, while we understand very well what may have produced the financial crisis, we find ourselves helpless to draw usable lessons from it.

But the past, especially when not handled with care, can be the enemy of the future and distort our reading of the challenges of the present.

Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria talk to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry and our understanding of ourselves.

And somehow the idea that one would want to make art for the iPhone, which my friends and I are doing now, is still not reflected in our understanding of what computers are for.

BERKELEY One disturbing thing about studying economic history is how things that happen in the present change the past or at least our understanding of the past.

Insurmountable constraints thus prevented Brazil from voting in favour of a proposal that we have always understood would be the appropriate instrument to help curb violence and end impunity in Darfur.