Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commitment." You fail to give credit to conservative activist students, who outnumber S.D.S. members by more than 5 to 1. Further, you fail to mention that there are students who intellectually envision the solutions to "bureaucracy" and "dehumanization" in addition to the few whose inarticulate ravings and uncritical grasp of history dominate your pages. There are many among us who do not erupt with empty slogans and undirected fury before a world not understood...
...newsmen and their producers seemed themselves too numbed to grasp full command of the story until several hours after the shooting. Huntley and Brinkley seemed uncommonly beside the point; the early reporting hours demanded more footwork and fast talk-and less punditry. NBC anchorman Frank McGee shared with Sander Vanocur the credit for the coolest and ablest reporting on any channel...
...Movies. And when we sit in the half-light of these theatres, distracted by candy-laden children in action in too many aisles, wondering what evil lurks in the hearts of men who throw a sign saying ARS GRATIA ARTIS in front of a motorpsycho surfing shocker, we can grasp something of the apathy and despair that has permeated every aspect of Hollywood film production...
...course, many people do. One student in Kirkland House, who took a relatively long time, a "good month," until he sensed a difference, says that "My ability to perceive--visually and psychologically -- has increased immensely. So have my powers of concentration. I can grasp and organize concepts much better; in three hours, I can write a paper that used to take twelve...
...very hostile," says Ortiz. "The guy who beats his kid, the wife who has affairs. But art becomes a place where one can deal with the most chaotic problems without threatening one's emotional and physical well-being." Whatever the merits of destruction art, Ortiz's grasp of psychology is clearly sketchy, at least by Freudian lights. The master taught that both man's creative and destructive instincts, which he called Eros and Thanatos, should be channeled into useful and socially productive channels. In other words, any thinking adult who enjoys killing chickens perhaps needs analysis more...