Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first movement, full of vigor, speed and spirit, gave listeners a slice of "bread & butter"; there was a broad theme to hold on to, although in periods of paraphrase and pyrotechnics it sometimes slithered out of the average listener's grasp. In the second movement, an andantino "interlude," the violin sang a beautifully simple song. Composer Schuman split the furious pace of the last movement with a long brassy chorale...
...commentary on the minds and consciences of the men who fondle the cash receipts from America's "amateur" intercollegiate program. It seems inconceivable that anyone could have expected the members to toss out the seven erring sisters indicted for breaches of the Sanity Code, but something akin to a grasp of surprise greeted the failure of the athletic Pharisees to carry out the proposed hypocrisy...
True Story, Liberty and the New York Evening Graphic (better known as the "porno-Graphic") had slipped from his aging grasp long ago. But for 50 years, Health Cultist Macfadden has remained as devoted to New Physical Culture, his first & last magazine, as he is to buttermilk, raw carrots and cottage cheese salad. Deep in the red, the gaudy bimonthly has done little to deserve his affection. More than 250,000 readers have paid $60 a set for Macfadden's Encyclopedia of Health and Physical Culture, an eight-volume guide to diet, disease and happy sex relations. Only...
...guess what? Unfortunately, the wreek occurs on the Sabbath; the thirsty Scots must wait until midnight to recover the liquour. Meanwhile, Captain Waggett of the Home Guard decides it is his duty to protect the cargo from being stolen. Through numerous wiles the islanders evade the Captain's grasp...
Intuitive grasp of the military situation. What Williams shows, in detail and with documentation, is where and why each Northern general failed...