Word: grasp
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Other experts believe short-term or roving deans diminish the job and shortchange the schools. "It makes the dean just an errand boy and caretaker," objects Erwin Griswold, 84, who ruled Harvard Law with an iron hand from 1946 to 1967. "For a dean to get a grasp of an institution and to know the players, it takes a few years," says the A.B.A.'s White. "I hope the trend will reverse itself...
...answer is yes if you grant that the cultural and social experience of Hispanic Americans, their history, memories, imagery and lifeways, are different from those of other Americans. Hispanic-American art not only exists, but also provides a powerful means for both the artists and their public to grasp the meanings of their own ethnicity...
Finally, Donaldson reveals an imprecise grasp of the narrative method, the notion that one thing leads to another. He alludes to a reconciliation between Cheever and his son Ben without ever having explained when or why they were estranged. And Donaldson writes, "As his fame grew, so did the local demands on his time from libraries, colleges, and civic and cultural associations." Exactly two pages later, this sentence obtrudes: "Cheever's reputation was at its nadir...
Presidential dwarfism, however, is not a recent condition. When F.D.R. ran for President in 1932, Walter Lippmann described him as a "highly impressionable person without a firm grasp of public affairs...
...woman at an administrative discussion of a complicated mathematical concept. The man leading the meeting asked Horner to say when she understood the idea, as an indication to him that he was making himself clear. Horner says the man had assumed it would be difficult for a woman to grasp the complicated concept...