Word: grasping
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...result, his transformation proved untenable. Woodrow Wilson came to office focused on domestic issues but ultimately intervened in World War I, leading him to envision a transformation of world politics through the spread of democracy and the creation of new international institutions. But his reach exceeded his grasp, and the succeeding decades witnessed the rejection of his policies and the return of American attitudes that favored a more traditional distancing of the country from the European balance of power...
...protection of the general population - and be further comforted by the absence of additional attacks on British soil. The fact that many people say they aren't speaks not only of a concern for civil liberties, but of a broader unease that the government doesn't fully grasp the modern terrorist threat. Until that knowledge gap has been filled and communicated, the clampdowns, arrests and pumped-up legislation are unlikely to reverse the continuing sense of anxiety...
...Beers went back to Moscow, offering the transitional government $1 billion in exchange for part of the nation's stockpile of Siberian diamonds. Diamonds were a $40 billion retail business by the 1990s. Only one thing could threaten its position-a large supply of stones outside the grasp of the cartel...
Equipped with new findings, researchers are getting a better grasp of autistic minds. Specialists and parents let us know of the challenges in tackling the condition, but also show optimism...
...innovations didn't please every Times solver. "You are sick, sick, sick," goes one of the letters Shortz reads aloud in Wordplay. Another correspondent is polite but perplexed: "This kvetching thing that's going on, I can't seem to get a grasp on it. 'The kvetcher's cry': 'Oy vey'? I don't get it. How is it used? Is it a Northern thing?" But most puzzlers I know are pleased with his work. More than that: he has given fresh life to their daily preoccupation...