Word: grasp
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Debate. While there is plenty of reason to be proud of the accomplishment, no one is satisfied. Neither the new generation nor the parents, nor the academicians for that matter, can quite grasp the totality of the revolution in U.S. education. The sheer numbers alone stun them. The task of deciding what a good education should be, and what ought to be taught, and when and to whom it ought to be taught-to say nothing of how education should be financed-poses tremendous problems and precipitates endless debate...
Nuts & Bolts. When he first hove into Washington, McNamara left congressional committees speechless with his matchless grasp of detail. Said Pennsylvania's Democratic Representative Daniel Flood: "I had the impression that if we would ask the secretary for the number of nuts and bolts in Warehouse No. 1, drawer 7, Fort Dix, he most probably could tell us." But Congressmen soon became resentful of overwhelmingly documented proposals that left little room for debate; nor was McNamara's popularity on Capitol Hill burnished by his abrasive style and transparent impatience with congressional dillydallying...
...show, how both the things of the spirit and material things are interrelated and work together-either for the enrichment or for the destructive impoverishment of mankind." This is true in the U.S. as well as in the world at large, and "to the extent that we grasp the situation, our magazines will be more interesting and more effective in moving with our readers toward the inner meaning and outward achievements of the Great Society...
...disciplinary Areas, [divisions of the faculty: humanities, social sciences, psychology] courses which are crucial in bringing the disciplines to bear on the general life of the School. ...We should like here to propose, also, that senior faculty members take major responsibility for introductory courses, which require both a mature grasp of the subject's technicalities, and a relaxed ability to explore its general ramifications; such courses also provide a natural and continuing challenge to improve the quality of teaching...
...Space lingo for "grasp...