Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...activities of such companies as Endicott Johnson, whose workers are among the most contented in the country. Productive efficiency as well as morale goes out the window when spics sneak in the side door. How long it will be before espionage disappears depends on how quickly the business men grasp the real costs of their policy...
...time nor the energy to spare for such studies. On the other hand, the Littauer school cannot fill the shoes ordered for it if it provides nothing more than narrow vocational training. Its business, in the words of the Commission's report, is to give the student "a grasp of public administration in its broader phases as a branch of the science of government...
Through the current hearings on the Glenn Frank case the nation can scize its opportunity to grasp the issues involved. Clarification of these issues has been overdue since the first whispers of the controversy burst into a roar heard far beyond the borders of Wisconsin. The core of the conflict is simple. The Regents must decide whether the undeniable progress made by the University under Frank's direction outweighs the President's alleged mismanagement of intra-University disputes...
...CRIMSON, more through unfamiliarity with the facts than through intent, has failed to grasp the true significance of the Glenn Frank issue at the University of Wisconsin. Almost as with one voice, the college dailies of the country, assisted by a certain graduate group in the East, particularly New York City, have raised the cry of "academic freedom...
...whole it is a creditable job. To make polished sentiment sound convincing to a sentiment-hating public is not easy. At first Miss Jerome starts off on the wrong foot by encouraging the audience to laugh at the florid language, and then later depending on it to grasp the drama when the same language is used in tense moments. But in spite of these inconsistencies, which are gradually being eliminated, "Jane Eyre" is an admirable production and one that should please New York almost as much as Boston...