Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...comedian who had been on the air only eight times in five years took a firm grasp on a network mike last week-as the star of his own Danny Kaye Show (CBS, Sat., 8-8:30p.m,, E.W.T...
...Commons at its first meeting, when the announcement was made by the Government that the resistance movement would be dissolved and that its leader would be offered the post of Postmaster General in the cabinet, are an outstanding example of how even British Parliamentary democracy can lose its grasp of realities. American democracy will applaud the action of the American Commander in Chief in responding to the appeal of the British Government for an armored division to ensure order in the capital...
...economist's gallery alongside other statistically famous vintage years: 1913, 1926, 1929, 1939. But even these were thin, sour wines alongside the full-blown, fabulously rich year of 1944. The cold figures, such as the gross national product of $196 billion, were almost too big to grasp. The significant fact of the year was that the U.S. could pour out some $90 billion for war, and another $100 billion for consumer goods and services (see chart...
...meet except on paper, thus avoiding faculty politics and personal salesmanship. Committee members will rate the candidate privately, on a nine-point scale which evaluates, in order of decreasing weight, his: 1) teaching effectiveness, 2) research and publication, 3) university activities, 4) value to the community, 5) cooperation, 6) grasp of his field, 7) general range of interest, 8) current rate of professional growth, 9) recognition by his profession...
...teacher's students may also have a say in his promotion. If the candidate wishes, they will be asked to rate him on the following points: 1) grasp of his field, 2) clarity of classroom exposition, 3) interest in his classes' progress, 4) friendliness of manner, 5) enthusiasm for his subject...