Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time, to get a taste of the liberal arts; now is our last chance, for probably a long time to come, to get real intellectual stimulation. We certainly aren't going to get either of these things in the Army. We came to college for these things. Let's grasp them while we can. Andrew H. Wright...
...Italy and Japan all jam regularly, systematically, most of the time.* In spite of their efforts, their jamming is far from 100% effective. The jammer's basic difficulty is that a determined listener can follow a speaker's voice through almost any kind of a din, can grasp the gist of a message even though he hears only a word here & there...
...Staff of the U.S. Army, and others in the U.S. high command. In fact, such delay seemed to confirm what many responsible men, at the key controls of the U.S. arsenal, had been saying: that the military, up to last week, had simply lacked any real strategy, any real grasp of the global war, any real plan for winning...
...more accurate return on his effort and actual capabilities. The last two exams should be more heavily weighted since they would become more complicated and comprehensive than the first ones. The initial tests should serve as warning signals for men who are having rouble, either through inability to grasp the subject or lack of application...
...Sahara desert, which divides the Mediterranean littoral (now mostly Vichy-and Axis-held) from the more habitable portion of the tropics lying north of the Congo (see map). By cleaning out Dakar, Timbuktu and other small holdings, the United Nations would have this central belt within their grasp...