Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senate. He is his party's spokesman in the Senate and the man responsible for unifying the often disparate views of G.O.P. members, and for translating those aims into action. As the keystone of the loyal opposition, he must move with a sure political sophistication and a thorough grasp of political events. By dint of these qualities, and abetted by his marvelously furry voice. Dirksen has become one of the truly remarkable characters of the Senate...
...other's muzzles. So he greets his research subjects the same way. "We sniff at each other," he says, "and then the wolf takes my face in his jaws. I bite him back, but since my jaws aren't big enough, I bring my hands up to grasp his muzzle. This seems to be satisfactory...
...able to get the job. With Wife Lady Bird and Daughter Lynda Bird, 18, the Vice President swept down Eisenhower Boulevard, so named after Ike's 1959 visit. Three times Johnson confused his smartly uniformed police escort by halting the motorcade and hopping out of his car to grasp all the outstretched hands within reach (one observer counted 300 in five minutes). The crowds responded with the highest praise they knew: "Javid Shah!" (Long live the King...
...well known in Yugoslavia for a heroic novel (Tifo) and some short stories. Critics there praise him for his efforts to establish social satire in Yugoslavia (despite the fact that as director of the National Museum he is obliged to take the government seriously). But his grasp of the satiric method is so masterful that he keeps several lines of intent running at once-the narrative, the lesson, the joke-creating an impression of charm, not bitterness, of critical appreciation, not disloyalty. To make a point, he follows Voltaire's example and speaks in Panglossian didactics: "When...
...concepts are expressed verbally, Aiken stated; for example, authority is evidenced in many ways, and primarily not enough verbal expressions. In this case "linguistic analysis alone won't grasp the problem." If not limited to words and the conventional uses of expressions, analysis can be directed "to the meanings of ethical terms and to the ideals and standards which we call a way of life...