Word: grasping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...several million dollars in the early 1970s. And Spence's aptitude for computers should serve the Faculty in good stead, as it capitalized on the technology boom that is revolutionizing certain aspects of college education. In his capacity as chairman of the Economics Department. Spence has shown a grasp for the problems of graduate students, who many believe are owed an increase in attention over the next few years. In sum, from Bok's perspective, his is an unusually bold appointments of a professor who brings an unusual range of talents...
...have no reason to doubt that--as a quick and intelligent learner--Spence will quickly grasp how best to ensure the Core does not unravel, how to keep the House system strong, and how to set an effective policy on sexual harassment--just to name three important student issues. But amidst all the hoopla of the appointment, the integral role and problems of undergraduates might easily be put aside and forgotten, especially for someone who has not had a great deal of contact with them over his tenure here. In his drive to help graduate students and junior faculty...
...political figure who was actually very complex. The play's concept is amusing, but its unstructured, hour-and-40-minute monologue without intermission is sleep-inducing. Besides, Nixon (Philip Baker Hall) drops names and scandals in such an incoherent jumble that only someone minutely familiar with his career can grasp what is going on. Mixing facts and falsehood, he'll jump from the topic of Watergate to his first grammar school debate (he argued that girls were no good and won). What's more, he constantly interrupts his stream of jibberish, by raising his arms and launching into political rhetoric...
...Except for his unbudging devotion to a military buildup and opposition to tax increases, he often accepts uncritically his advisers' recommendations. Such openness has cured Reagan of certain ideological tics: he now understands, for instance, that the International Monetary Fund is no mere Third World boondoggle. Yet his grasp of important issues is often shaky and, even more troubling, he seems unalarmed by those knowledge gaps. Says one top adviser: "Is he out of touch occasionally? Sure...
...Fakhr-al-Din II and Bashir the Great, ruled Lebanon from the 16th to the 19th century independent of Turkey. They made Lebanon a haven for persecuted minorities and flung open the doors to allow free cultural and economic relations with the West. The failure of the world to grasp this reality has harmed Lebanon...