Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...science to determine the level at which a student should work. But no provision is made for the use of essay tests to supplement the objective techniques used at the present time. Such tests are necessary, for in addition to measuring writing ability, they could weigh a student's grasp of concepts, not facts alone...
...Oscar to your review, "Business in 1953" | TIME, Jan. 4]. An economic masterpiece, well within the grasp of the ordinary layman. A concrete answer to the perpetual peddlers of panic, who continually attempt to sell America short...
...Clearly we are in the business of training junior officers for the Air Force, but just as important, we want the raw leaders of America, new in our colleges, to grasp the meaning and importance of air power in war and peace...
...duty to express the national character so that foreigners and, even more importantly, the state's own citizens will understand it. Seldom has this function been better performed than in Dwight Eisenhower's second State of the Union message-the first since he developed the new, firm grasp on his formidable job (TIME...
Then Ike is out of his chair, ready with an answer. He paces the deep-piled green carpet, stopping occasionally to cock his head at the ceiling to get a grasp on his thoughts. As he talks, he comes back to his desk, stands at an easy parade rest, plunging one hand into a pocket, or crossing and uncrossing his arms. His gestures have no oratorical flair, and betray no nervousness. Ike does not squirm or fidget. He moves smoothly, as an athlete moves...