Word: ascertains
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...dummy scrimmage, he alternately called plays and held one of the bags to ascertain whether or not his linesmen were charging with enough punch. When hit viciously by two blockers and bowled over into the dirt on one play, he picked himself up, evidently well satisfied on that score...
...estimating the extent of general industrial damage was to ascertain how much U. S. enterprises with British branches or holdings were hit. Last week TIME queried 82 enterprises with headquarters all over the U. S. and associate properties all over Britain. The results were not reassuring...
...Henry Wigmore. First published in 1904, his Treatise on Evidence is recognized by lawyers as one of the most important legal works ever produced in the U. S. Cited by the courts as often as any text, it has provided a standard source from which judges and lawyers can ascertain the origin, reason and status of the rules of evidence. Useless rules, ill-trained judges, an unskilled bar are the targets of its clarity. The third and final revised edition of the Treatise, now published, is a 7,000-page exposition with citations to 85,000 cases, 20,000 statutes...
Thus far, it is difficult to ascertain the true potentialities of the team, since none of the runners or field event men have been able to take heavy workouts for fear of pulled muscles and charley horses from the cold...
...trusts are being contested on the grounds that the donor was not "sound of mind." University officials yesterday declined to comment until definite knowledge of the bequest was discovered; the Treasurer's office has apparently been unable to ascertain if the money was ever received...