Word: graspings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think I was at least 15 years late." He did study, briefly, at the Academic Julian; but since he spoke not a word of French, the instruction had little effect. He felt unfocused, self-indulgent and queasy, surrounded by an already academized modern tradition that he could not grasp...
...mistake. What they're looking for is a 47-second argument between me and another candidate or something like that." Television coverage bears him out. Charles Mohr of the Times, one of the fairest of reporters, noted that Carter didn't seem to grasp fully "that if he wishes on a given day to draw national attention to a major statement on an important issue, he cannot also make a biting or catchy gibe at President Ford or react to a presidential remark with an angry comment." This may be sound practical advice, but what does...
...ethics will stand in the way of a curriculum geared largely towards sending students to corporate law firms. These law firms often work for the highest bidder, no matter how unethical that bidder may be. Also, it is not clear how students in law school will be able to grasp the situations in which they will have to make ethical decisions without first experiencing the situations themselves. Without feeling the pressures that color the real situations, things tend to look black and white...
...voters' inability to obtain a real grasp of Jimmy Carter's nature is not really so surprising. It would not be too extreme to say that no presidential campaign in American history has succeeded in accurately portraying the candidates' real personalities. On the other hand, past candidates have been more successful than Carter in presenting a comprehensible portrait of themselves to the voters, regardless of accuracy. And therein lies a measure of Gerald Ford's success...
...total separation between the head of government and the head of state. The fact that the Queen is above politics is one of the intangible advantages. The other thing is the continuity of the Crown and, in our particular case, the Queen's sheer hard work and deep grasp of every kind of national and international problem. You have an audience every week, lasting about an hour. She sometimes floors you-did floor me very early in my premiership-by referring to a Cabinet committee paper that she had read overnight and that I was saving for the weekend...