Word: grasp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...right side of the field and dished off to Weed. Weed took control, saw an opening and ripped a shot headed right over Luckenbill's head. The Dartmouth goalkeeper managed to get both hands on the shot, but could not hold on, as the ball squirted out of her grasp and into the back...
...growing number of European companies, including Club Med, Harrods, Aston Martin, Pernod-Ricard and Land Rover, have taken up the licensing game and are signing agreements at a furious pace. European companies are beginning to grasp that if they don't act quickly, U.S. brands could soon completely overrun their markets with new waves of licensed goods. Even a pioneer like Coca-Cola, which has been licensing in Europe since 1986, views the continent as wide-open territory. "We feel like we've only scratched the surface in Europe," says Coke spokeswoman Susan McDermott. Equity Management, the largest U.S. licensing...
...have a moment we can grasp, for we have been extraordinarily fortunate in the timing of our campaign," Knowles says. "We can't stand still. Standing still is not an option...
...home in Westchester County, N.Y., discussing this and other matters. Our day together had a great effect on me personally--and I believe a positive impact on Japanese attitudes toward the U.S.--for it gave me a deeper understanding of Akio's lively intelligence, his enormous grasp of world affairs and his wide-ranging knowledge of art. He had a profound commitment to international cooperation from his years as a young man in the U.S. during the difficult postwar period. It is Akio's wisdom, his candor about issues that truly matter and his great warmth and humanity that...
...have 47 books--it cost me just under $700," says Christopher A. Hunter '02. When his friends scoffed, Hunter retorted that he'd read them all. In the end, though, many professors say they don't expect students to grasp every detail...