"A Hero's Journey," while providing a good introduction to his scholarly career, manages along the way to make this admiration seem wholly understandable.

It was wholly understandable for the President to reject Saddam Hussein's devious "withdrawal" so sternly.

Beyond the lake was, at last, something wholly understandable.

It's wholly understandable when a skillful politician puts the most favorable possible gloss on the overarching sin of his eight years.

It may be a profound paradox, say the group's leaders, but one that is wholly understandable.

They had no program; only violence and vengeance - which was wholly understandable, of course, but how could it work?

When Tracchia spoke, his voice came as a wholly understandable croak.

The researchers, the workers, management and union officials all 'saw it coming' and regarded the strike as a wholly understandable outcome.

Which is wholly understandable when you see the people who come here, the Big Spenders from places like Denver and Dallas.

In any case, the name was bestowed on Walter by his teammates with an affection that was wholly understandable.