Word: grasping
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...gets the feeling that politics doesn't interest him excessively; that his basic emotional reaction to a political situation is so personal, and his intellectual impulse so morally abstract, that the modesty of the man for once restrains his criticism's impact. He has none of the ability to grasp the mass psychosis that a man like Mailer has. (It should be noted that he recognizes the usefulness of Mailer's talent, but sticks to his own game...
...chess player. I can see moves coming and I'm ready to make them. When you're a rookie you feel just like another one of the pieces. You can't see everybody because you're down among them. But when you have total grasp and knowledge of what's going on, then you feel you can effectively maneuver people around, manipulate your offense to take advantage of what the defense is showing...
...half of the stage leading to a backdrop, constructed as strictly as a seventeenth century Italian stage, focused on a vanishing point in a painted setting sun. It is a bone set to go with a bare production, and, like the rest of the production, it demonstrates a solid grasp of the fundamentals...
...frustrating afternoon for coach Don Gambril and his squad as they had victory within their grasp on several occasions. Only to see the breaks go the other way. A fluke decision in the 100 yd. free, resulting in a Dartmouth first instead of a win for Harvard, provided the final margin of difference...
...water is pure and the air is clean." That makes little dent on big city audiences of minority groups and impoverished whites. His view of the economy is largely that of a group of academic advisors, including Harvard's John Kenneth Galbraith, who are helping to bolster his grasp of the subject...