Word: grasping
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...Iraq war was designed, at least in part, to free America from Riyadh's grasp. A friendly government in Baghdad would make the U.S. less reliant on Saudi oil. And a democratic government in Baghdad would pressure the kingdom to open its political system. Either Saudi Arabia's regime would change, or its relationship with the U.S. would change, or both...
...Enter the Hawaiian-born Fal Allen, bringing with him two decades of brewing experience in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. He thought he had a grasp of the basics of Asian food-until he arrived in Singapore. "There's a lot of stuff that I've seen versions of, but you come here and you see eight versions of it," he says, marveling at the mango varieties on display at Singapore's Pasir Pajang wholesale market...
...alone. The fear of a Eurabia (capital: Londonistan) populated by poor, angry, fervent Muslims is gaining ground. Islamists are "determined to subdue and colonize Europe," claims American essayist Bruce Bawer, in his book While Europe Slept. "Now, nearly the whole of Western Europe is practically within their grasp." Europeans, for their part, worry that its Muslim population can only become more segregated and disaffected; that the London bombings, the France riots and the Danish cartoon protests are just a taste of what's to come. A new report by the British think tank Policy Exchange found that 13% of British...
...true reward of a liberal arts education is the ability to view the universe through the lenses of different ideas. Only by understanding the influential ideas of the the past can we grasp why our current ideas exist. The system that best develops this knowledge is a liberal arts system based on great books or great ideas, like Columbia’s Core...
...Grosz, dean of science at Radcliffe, said that the Radcliffe dean has an impressive amount knowledge of the sciences and will be competent to carry out the task at hand.“There’s no question in my mind that she will be able to grasp intellectually the material and to understand programmatically what’s needed,” Grosz said last month. Though Faust will have the opportunity to bring new projects to the docket, she will also have to tackle the ongoing Harvard College Curricular Review and the search for a new dean...