Word: grasping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...William, a Liberal, is considered one of the outstanding men of the younger generation of politicians. Especially is he noted for his encyclopaedic grasp of foreign, Dominion and colonial affairs. He served brilliantly in the Guards during the War; he proved himself a gifted journalist; he became private secretary to Premier George in the days of the Great Coalition. He also accompanied the Prince of Wales to the U. S. and Australia and was, two years in succession, a British delegate to the Williamstown Conference...
...Flavin's reach exceeded his grasp so far that the lines seemed at times only to mock his genuine imaginative creation. Occasionally, he lapsed into blank verse. Lapsed is the word. Or possibly it was the terrible playing...
...game, lost by a single point; the track team gathered a bare two points less than their Yale opponents; but yesterday's reverse was the most disappointing of all. Eight innings of practically perfect pitching went for naught in the ninth after victory seemed within Harvard's grasp by virtue of a single score in the eighth which had broken a seven inning deadlock...
...believe that there is a practical value to the training received in a college or a university. Through the opportunities afforded at college for the cultivation of a broad viewpoint, sound judgment, initiative, and a capacity to grasp social and economic problems, the college graduate is better able to help himself, his community and the world at large...
...President set a new hand- grasp, torso-tug* record: 65 per minute for 16 minutes, total 1,040. ¶In the daily line of 700 to 1,000 handshakers were Evangelist "Billy" Sunday and his wife. "Stay to lunch," said the President. They did. (See RELIGION...