Word: grasping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...rival who helped sink Huckabee's upstart ambitions in South Carolina, is somewhat more favorable, if only because it is less personal. Huckabee maintains that Thompson's biggest mistake was strategic: he didn't understand the need to expand the Republican Party beyond its base. "Fred Thompson never did grasp the dynamics of the race or the country, and his amazingly lackluster campaign reflected just how disconnected he was with the people, despite the anticipation and expectation that greeted his candidacy," Huckabee writes...
...Through adoption, my husband and I have a multicultural family. I hope our two Latino angels will someday grasp fully the message that, as Obama said, "In America, all things are possible." God is in His Heaven, a Democrat is in the White House, and all is right with our world. Teresa Little Smith, Clinton, Connecticut...
...Western nations have claimed they have many millions of dollars marked for Zimbabwe, waiting for Mugabe’s removal from power to be released. This pragmatic acknowledgement that little can be done with Mugabe still a primary player seems justified: Mugabe has managed to maintain his grasp on Zimbabwe for this long. Yet Western nations cannot give in to cynicism. Some of that earmarked money must be sent to the WFP, for example, to help address Zimbabwe’s immediate food crisis, even if they might face resistance from Mugabe, who blocked a similar appeal for emergency funds...
...entire show, a feat that gives me a headache just thinking about it. And though Mrs. Venable’s madness is certainly not easy to portray, Aykroyd delivers her long monologues stuttering in a heavy southern accent all the while remaining incredibly understandable. The cast’s grasp on the play’s complex characters should certainly be commended. The set, conceived by the director in collaboration with Rachel D. Libeskind ’11, was pleasing to look at but did not comfortably mesh with the actual tone of the play. White drapes along the wall...
Much of black America is still struggling to grasp the full meaning of Barack Obama's election to the presidency. The overall mood is awash with pride but shaded with angst and the larger question: Now what...