Word: fathoming
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...difficult to fathom their mental processes. War, obviously, is a powerful stimulant to collective action under government leadership for a common purpose. The conquest of poverty requires similar action. Why not support the war, they reason, and utilize its mechanisms for purposes of social justice once the conflict is over, or even while it is still going...
...took all the first half for the Gold Classiers to fathom the off-tackle smashes of Johnny Gautosuosso, 22b-1b Dudley back. In the third period the Gold Coasters unloosed a smooth-functioning air attack that finally broke the tie. George Kuhn grabbed a 30-yd pass from Bob James and raced over for the score. Tom Lacy added the extra point with a placement Kick. The same combination brought the second score in the fourth quarter after a 35-yd march...
...made them function as one man--as if some supernatural and awing force made the thoughts of each the common property of all. He felt that they must all be friends, close friends, that they must know each other as well as it is possible for one man to fathom another...
Charlottesville is one of those small towns whose innocuous drowsiness no Northerner can ever quite fathom, and whose charm no New England town can ever quite equal--for a Southerner. Charlottesville is Virginia, and Virginia is Charlottesville. There is no escaping this cycle. Further south, in the Carolinas, the college boys are required to drink a jug of "so'th'n cawn" to prove they are gentlemen and scholars. Ther is no necessity for such measures at the University of Virginia. It is considered an insult even to intimate that a Virginian could not master such a meagre portion...
Hits by Captain Ulysses Lupien and Dick Grondahl together with Bob Gannett's base on balls and a double steal accounted for the Crimson's two tallies in the fifth frame. Otherwise the Varsity failed to fathom Lefty Roper's deceptive hook. The Summary: ab r h po a e Gannett cf 4 1 0 4 0 0 Johns ss 4 0 0 2 3 0 Lupien 1b 4 0 0 10 0 0 Grondahl 3b 4 1 0 1 1 2 Saltz 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 Hoye rf 4 0 0 3 0 0 Doyle...