Word: graspingly
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...Communists out. We can handle them." Very possibly those youngsters genuinely thought that they were fighting for democracy. But before anyone could talk rationally about restoring anything in the Dominican Republic, there had to be a ceasefire, and at week's end that still seemed beyond any immediate grasp...
Last week he was in the midst of an energetic tour of three Eastern European countries-Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Quiet, curious-minded, and with a quick grasp of affairs, Stewart, 58, has obviously matured in office and is now regarded as a darkhorse possibility for future Prime Minister. In Defense, Denis Healey has aimed his expertise at the tactical and technological aspects of the military. Roy Jenkins, after 16 years as a backbencher, was given the Aviation Ministry, where his most controversial task has been to wipe out the costly TSR 2 jet bomber. At first, Jenkins...
Discussing the postwar denial of the romantic concept of "inspiration," Krenek said "the composer doesn't believe in inspiration any longer." The romantic's inspiration was predetermined, Krenek said, by his technical equipment-by his grasp of four-part harmony and counter-point...
...certain minimum conditions. The ancient Greeks had some careful notions about democracy, and none better than Jason's eloquent appeal in Euripides' Medea that, A good Greek land hath been Thy lasting home, not barbary. Thou hast seen Our ordered life, and justice, and the long Still grasp of law not changing with the strong Man's pleasure...
...individual A murders individual B, then is apprehended and put to death, he cannot kill individuals C, D, E, and so on. The deterrent effect on individual A has been 100%. This is such simple logic that even a sociologist should be able to grasp...