Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...terms. And Lunceford, Basie, and Ellington are the men for that. A comparison of their recordings of popular songs with the effusions of the Sweet, Swing set is eye-opening. The gulf between Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train," and Miller's is immeasurable. The Ellington band's complete grasp of the spirit of the thing, its spontaneity, its "soul," if you will, make Miller's version seem pallid and pointless, which...
...Decisions in this war mature only slowly. There is no other enemy in the world with such artful skill in delaying decisions. The enemy confronting us is of a completely different cast of mind, a thing difficult for us to grasp. No enemy can postpone decisions like the Russians, and none can equal them in keeping the scales balanced by throwing in ever-fresh masses. Masses present a difficult problem both to the German High Command and to the German Army, which has to deal with them. On the other hand, the Soviet command lacks tactical consciousness and the feeling...
...presents two cardinal points of good technique. "There are many unfamiliar concepts and new terms which we must grasp. I find it very helpful to peg down these unfamiliar ideas with ones I already know. Another trick which helps is what I call 'space studying'. This consists of working on one subject for a while, then taking up something else, and then going back to the original topic. Another period of time spent working on it is a good idea...
...earth, the Russians were putting up a defense of Stalingrad that would rank at least with those of Sevastopol and Rostov. Unquenchable in their hearts was the hope that in the end it would rank with Leningrad and Moscow-prizes that once were within the enemy's grasp, but never taken...
...acquired to a remarkably subtle degree. The trained patient can be blindfolded and still recognize with his prosthesis (sawbone lingo for artificial arm) the slightest difference in the size of objects, as well as variation in consistency, and can also gauge the force with which he may wish to grasp an object...