Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fool the Dublin official who comes to Tully More (pop. 51) to verify Ned's claim. Eventually the whole village is in on the scam. To Jones' credit, the locals are not afflicted by the Irish curse--terminal whimsy--and his rendering of their sly cupidity as they grasp at good fortune puts a satirical edge on what could easily have been no more than a cute fable...
...choice here, however, may actually be between graspable breadth of study and the proverbial reach that exceeds its grasp," he added. "Despite its breadth, a Western course can still bite soundly, while a world course runs a very real danger of being mostly sound bites...
Well, the media charge is laughably bogus. Yet what else is there to do but grasp at scapegoats when, in the blink of an eye, the discussion moves from "Can Clinton Survive?" to whether you can? At the time the intern story broke in January, Gingrich was lost in an issue-free wilderness: the balanced budget and welfare reform had been co-opted, and tax cuts were a diminishing dream. Gingrich looked to Monica as his deliverance from having to come up with a new, new Republican revolution. Oh, the eager, summer-in-Washington look of her, the goofy beret...
...Larkworthy, a guard for the women's basketball team, was plagued by ankle problems last season. She was initially compared to Jessica M. Gelman '97, the all-time school assist record holder, but after surgery became necessary, she had to watch from the bench as the record escaped her grasp...
Your report provided a glimpse into the life of budding geniuses, but nobody made these kids better students--they were born that way. Each one is self-motivated and can obviously grasp any task at hand. Each could have been left in a box with a book and would have ended up self-taught. You did, however, confirm my belief that most teachers are only capable of imparting information to ready-made A and B students. Of course, there are a few good teachers, but they cannot overcome the inept system we have. After nine years of watching my dyslexic...