Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Concerning point two, the research work, Miss Taunton remarked that "in the case of students' theses, the writer generally considers it more desirable to do this work himself, as he then arrives at a more complete grasp of his material and hence attains more benefit from the course...
...field, sufficient at least to save Israel $50 million* in oil imports a year, weaken the Arab states' blockade and diminish the country's dependence on the West. For the first time since their state was established, Israelis now saw the means to economic independence in their grasp. This produced an almost immediate stiffening of political independence as well...
...intrigues Margie because he has a jalopy named Penelope and his kisses tingle. But to Mama, George is just a snuffling auto mechanic. When the wealthy son of a department-store owner brings Margie home after a horseback-riding spill in Central Park, Mama lights up. But her social grasp exceeds the Morgenstern economic reach, and the new romance fades. Margie doesn't really care. Her destiny, she feels, is to be an actress. She has long since scribbled her stage name on a scrap of paper-MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR...
...Broadway musical, One Touch of Venus. Janet Blair had the tiptoe grace required of a goddess awakened after slumbering for thousands of years in marble; Kurt Weill's pleasant music occasionally gave the show levitation; Russell Nype and George Gaynes struggled bravely against the shackling grasp of the heavyhanded plot. But Venus underlined the fact that once a Broadway musical is robbed of its racy dialogue and incident, there is little left...
...President summed up: "We shall be conciliatory because our country seeks no conquests, no property of others . . . We shall be firm in the consciousness of your spiritual and material strength and your defense of the right. But we shall extend the hand of friendship to all who will grasp it honestly...