Word: apprehending
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...order the rule of law that works, instead of a code word that doesn't work," said Lindsay. In his view, politicians and lawyers have patently failed to cope with such practical issues as whether people feel free to walk to a city newsstand after dark, whether police apprehend criminals, whether courts actually convict the guilty, and whether correctional systems really rehabilitate...
Yale University police chief James McNulty emphasized that these were isolated incidents. but said that his men would apprehend future intruders. Although the exhibitionist is-still at large. McNulty said of his 43-man force. "We're right up to snuff...
...seventh person wanted by the Cambridge police in connection with the CFIA disruption has been charged only with disturbing the peace. "We know the places he frequents and are waiting for a chance to apprehend him," Roscoe said...
...have a year like last year, a certain number of Faculty members will be leaving-that's the worst danger we have to apprehend," he said...
...skillful enough to infuse it with a marvelous rhythm and a sort of poetic evocativeness. (This technique strongly affected the plays of our own O'Neill, Odets, and Hellman.) The director and the players--and, indeed, the audience-- must be able to catch unspecified implications, to apprehend not so much what is said as what is consciously or subconsciously thought and not said. In addition, Chekhov has woven a host of verbal and tangible symbols into his texture, which makes the result richer than any mere slice-of-life...