Word: graspingly
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...evaluate the work without the aid of a recording or score, I must limit myself to tentative first impressions. While I frankly did not grasp same parts very well, certain aspects stood out in their orginiality and expressiveness. One was its form. There are four movements, an introduction and a conclusion; and cadenzas connect the continuous movements. One instrument dominates each movement while the rest comment upon the leader or conflict with it. In addition, each instrument has a unique character throughout the work consistent in intervals, rhythm and quality; the cello, for instance, plays predominantly rubato, and the second...
...succeeded, I think, because the listener is less aware of the individual parts than the way in which all four cohere. Moreover, the work grows in a natural fashion and the quick, epigrammatic changes of feeling do not pull it apart at the seams. Still, I did not grasp the reconciliation of the voices that he intended in the last movement, but hope that further listening will bring...
Shriver's statement that the term of service for volunteers might, in some cases, be extended from two to three years suggests a practical grasp of possible snags in the near future: it may well be that the two-year term of service will shortly be abandoned altogether in favor of the longer term. Many have raised doubts that volunteers can be adequately trained and used in two years. Especially as the difficulties in languages and cross-cultural communication become more graphic, these doubts may prove prophetic...
...thorny theological concept of the Trinity. "The packaging is not to be confused with the product . . . For example, 4th century church leaders, imbued with a dated Greek philosophy, tried to organize God's revelation of himself into categories which thoughtful people of that time could grasp. They did a good job. They gathered up God's true revelation of Himself as Creator (we might say 'Evolver'), Redeemer (we might say 'Healer'), and Sanctifier (we might say 'Community-Builder') into 'hypostases' or 'personae' in one 'Substance...
Parker's position is, more or less, that he loves his wife but oh you Kyoto-he spends most of his time in Japan, making documentaries or assembling Japanese vaudeville shows. They see each other three or four times a year, and to anyone who fails to grasp Japan's attractions as against Shirley's, she staunchly defends the arrangement: "If they don't understand, that's their problem." Understanding will scarcely be helped by the movie, My Geisha, although Scriptwriter Norman Krasna says he based it on real life-all about a star...