Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...battle reached its final stages, Adolf Hitler, with victory almost in his grasp, had to pay the price of his success. To make victory sure he hurled his troops recklessly against the trapped Army in Flanders. Hitler had told his men that he would rather lose 1,000,000 men in a short war than fewer in a war dragged out over many months. He had told them they would "be home by August." As usual it appeared that he meant what he said...
Last week Abbeville (eleven miles up the Somme estuary from William's embarkation point) and Boulogne were both in the grasp of Adolf Hitler. So apparently was Calais, nearest port to the British coast (25 miles from Dover). But the attempt by Hitler to invade Britain his power dream's dearest chapter-was not expected by experts to come from these beachheads...
There are certain obstacles as well as advantages which are peculiar to the short-story-illustrator. Howard Turner, I imagine, in order to produce a satisfactory illustration, must rely as much upon his ability to grasp the situation and circumstances of a story as upon his ability to manipulate a pencil. On the other hand, because of the necessary limits which are imposed upon the operations of an artist who is working with an article or an editorial, both Holabird and Bishop must be direct rather than subtle. Only in rare cases can the illustrator be called his own master...
...instruction, while necessarily familiarizing the student with many specialized governmental problems, is designed primarily to provide a grasp of public administration in its broader phases. A primary objective of the School is to attract students of real intellectual distinction and to bring them together in an atmosphere of research and inquiry conducive to a better understanding of the long-range significance of public problems...
This is one of a series of advertisements in which the Editors of TIME hope to give College Students a clearer picture of the world of news-gathering, news-writing, and news-reading--and the part TIME plays in helping you to grasp measure, and use the history of your lifetime as you live the story of your life...