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Likewise with his campaign stump speech, which has the devilish thrust that Dole's so manifestly lacks. Not until you hear Buchanan go ballistic on immigration or trade can you fully grasp what the word "earshot" means. He has a different term for it: "going iambic," marshaling his punch lines into warrior poetry. "They are honed," he told TIME. "You work on it and you work on it and then you get the cheer line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE CASE AGAINST BUCHANAN | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

...embrace, the hurling of dolls across the stage--all of these motions could mean a number of things. Anger? Fear? Rebellion against society? A choreographer's intention can be difficult to decipher. With a company like Paula Josa-Jones/Performance Works, however, those intentions can be nearly impossible to grasp...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Josa-Jones In 'Wonderland': Curiouser and Curiouser | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

...wants to push local control, and in New Hampshire we've certainly learned that that's the way to get rid of as much waste as possible. Because if you're right close to it, you see it, and if you're not there, how can you hope to grasp...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Portraits From Epsom | 2/24/1996 | See Source »

...money. "The thing that drives me and my colleagues at both Apple and Pixar," he says, "is that you see something very compelling to you, and you don't quite know how to get it, but you know, sometimes intuitively, it's within your grasp. And it's worth putting in years of your life to make it come into existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH STAKES WINNERS | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

Perhaps it is inevitable that Deep Blue or its progeny will become the world chess champion. But let us stave off the future a few moments longer. Let us keep the world within the grasp of an individual. Kasparov, all of humanity is behind...

Author: By Tanya Dutta, | Title: Kasparov and Humanity | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

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