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...voters in Austin did say they supported Gore, saying he had a better grasp of the issues of the campaign...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawa, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Texas Governor Returns Home to Await Results | 11/7/2000 | See Source »

Fletcher said that Cotran not only had an unusual grasp of the broad field of pathology, but also a full knowledge of each of his roles in that field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical School Professor Dies at 67 | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

However, Brown would not let victory escape from its grasp and seized a 5-1 lead in the fourth game. The Crimson fought to 5-4, but Brown ran away with it in a 10-3 run and won the match...

Author: By Nicolas O. Jimenez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Drops Two to End Ivy Season | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

This time I called the Republican Reassurer to ask if he had any evidence that George W. Bush's grasp of international affairs extends much past World Cup soccer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prudential Reassurance | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...American diplomats worried privately before Camp David that Arafat hadn't prepared his people adequately for the tough choices he'd have to make. But they failed to grasp why he hadn't done so: Arafat arrived at the presidential retreat already having made far more concessions than Palestinians on the streets were ready to accept. "Clinton assumed that Arafat didn't have firmly felt positions, that his problems could be papered over," says Edward Abbington, a former State Department diplomat who now advises the Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Clinton's Mideast Peace Strategy Came Unstuck | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

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