Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter with the colleges?" is proposed by a Bryn Mawr alumna in a recent communication to the Nation. She answers it with another question: "where is the whole panorama of college and university life in America today among men as well as women, is the courage and mental grasp to see what that is new in a rapidly changing world needs championing and support?" In humbler but more outspoken phrasing, she charges the colleges with conservatism and blindness to the radical movements of the country. Such a suggestion is refreshingly unconventional. We have become accustomed, during the last few years...
...University barely managed to nose out a 3-0 victory. In spite of the fact that the line outweighed the invaders more than seven pounds to the man, the latter showed a defensive strength which forced the University to resort to dropkicking when a touchdown seemed almost within its grasp, and rushed the ball 160 yards while the Crimson was able to gain but 115. Even during a great offensive rally which the red jerseyed men staged in the third period, Owen had to shift for himself several times and trust to his own strength and driving power to yield...
...seems as though a reconciliation were beyond the grasp of men." Has the University of Berlin heard no word of the Disarmament Conference...
...Despite all destruction, despite the hetacombs of slaughtered men, the spirit of war still is rampant among us in this world. Nationalism, chauvinism, imperialism and militarism reign over people as of yore, and it seems as though reconciliation were beyond the grasp...
...slue and body the day she was born. In telling of Lilly's fight to gain for her daughter what she could never have, Miss Hurst has an excellent opportunity for interesting narrative, strong characterization, and vivid portrayal of conditions as they are which she does not fail to grasp...