Word: grasping
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...true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I am a devoutly religious...
...minute and a half later, junior Tara Schoen’s free position shot escaped BU goalie Jenna Golden’s grasp for Harvard’s third score of the game...
...Haven gained on the Crimson, narrowing the gap as Harvard’s passing broke down toward the end of the game. Yet the Crimson still managed to keep a grasp on the lead, overpowering the Chargers...
...their dormancy, Kida worries that if the climate continues to warm, the blossom dates could become even more erratic, or blossoming could even cease altogether. That would certainly drive home the reality of global warming for ordinary Japanese. "Rising sea levels and a depleting ozone layer are hard to grasp," he says. "But a week's difference in when the cherry blossoms bloom is a huge change for the Japanese...
...said. Struggling to turn the game around, the Crimson pulled Tobe for an extra skater, leaving the net unguarded. Although Du succeeded in three offensive faceoffs and Harvard made a few solid attempts to score, Leggio blocked all Crimson shots. Soon after, the puck escaped Harvard’s grasp, and Clarkson skated down to slam in an empty-netter, clinching the Golden Knights’ victory. “The goalie made some good saves,” Du said. “But there were a couple times when we let up on our scoring opportunities. We were...