31.   Subconsciously, perhaps, the world is beginning to understand the nature of the nightmare scenario confronting the Middle East.

32.   That monetary reform contributed to a decisive change in the way we understand the nature of money.

33.   The aim of the scientific research is to try to understand the nature of the thrust faults beneath Los Angeles and the mechanisms that are causing the quakes.

34.   The bull market in stocks has been long and lovely, but even unsophisticated mutual fund investors understand the nature of market risk.

35.   The clinic offers self-help groups so people can understand the nature of phobias and together learn how to conquer them.

36.   The desire to understand the nature of altruism has occupied evolutionary thinkers since Charles Darwin, who was fascinated by the apparent existence of altruism among social insects.

37.   The government prosecutors, Dowd asserted, did not understand the nature of risk or the fluidity in the real estate market.

38.   The legal definition for competency requires only that he prove he understands the nature of the charges against him and can communicate effectively with his current attorneys.

39.   The machines track small movements of blood in the brain, and researchers say they hope the study will allow them to understanding the nature of rapid body movement.

40.   The participants are capable of understanding the nature of the rivalry while finding a way to control it.