Word: grasping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...college year, is saved in the end not by the pace which he has maintained but by the apparent agility with which he has greeted the opening gun. The opposite may happen equally well and a man for whom the basic elements of a course are difficult to grasp may never reach more than an average grade, due to the had impression made in November; for, in spite of assurances to the contrary, the handwriting on the wall in November is usually indelible and has not been wholly obliterated in February...
...envisaged, as was sometime ago predicted by John Maynard Keynes, British economist. This move has already received a fillip by the Federal Government which recently raised the salaries of its employes. In this connection other able economists pointed out that Germany is short-sighted in that she does not grasp that raising the standard of wages also raises the standard of living and promotes internal prosperity by increasing the purchasing power of the laboring classes...
...Leiber is gifted with intuition enough to grasp the fact, that net yet at any rate is he either Hampien or Barrymore. With that in the back of his mind, as well as his own private theories as to the manner of presenting the bard of Avon's plays he has gone ahead. Far from following the custom any path, he leaves the pomposity which suits but so few pieces anyway, and proceeds to tone ats Shakespere down. He in particular, but the supporting cast as well, render their lines as though they were of twentieth century vintage...
...Announcer Graham McNamee could scarcely be expected to grasp immediately the technical detail here involved, through which Dempsey protested to the Illinois Boxing Commission that he had won the fight. Dempsey knocked Tunney down. By the rules of the contest he should have walked immediately to a neutral corner and waited until his antagonist arose or was counted out. Instead he stood over him; went to the wrong corner. Thus five seconds were lost before he reached the neutral corner and the actual count began over the prostrate Tunney. Tunney rose after the ninth second. A boxer is knocked...
...colony, had a sovereign been so bold. Advancing through the street, the King was suddenly confronted by a leper, who ran out from a nearby building. Leering, his evil, malicious-looking face contorted in an ugly menace, he held out an infected hand for the King to grasp. Alfonso, blanching, hesitated, re coiled, then stepped forward and shook him warmly by the hand. For days after, it is recorded, he soaked his hand in strong disinfectant. ? Spain gave notice of withdrawal on Sept. 20, 1926. According to the League Covenant, two years must elapse before her resignation becomes effective...