Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Siena were working to renew Catholicism from within. Yet one major reason why the Vatican rejected Luther's cries for change was because "neither Rome nor the Church's leaders elsewhere were in a fit state to understand the spiritual needs of the age; nor, hence, to grasp Luther's theological and practical demands...
...faculty has never relinquished its grasp on university government. Although never responsible for raising a university's funds, the faculty has never abdicated its right to spend the money. At a time when intellectuals magniloquently cry out for "excellence," faculties in American universities still insist upon a mediocre chief. Professors want their president to walk the line, to mind the store without interfering with their business...
...order to gain these, Nervi concluded, the architect must have a fundamental conceptual grasp of all the technical fields he supervises. "It is certainly very difficult to achieve this vast, general synthetic preparation," he claimed, "but it is just this difficulty which renders the architect's profession so elevated...
Connally, a Fort Worth lawyer, was expected all along to do well. After a quarter century of campaigning for Lyndon Johnson, Connally had a good grasp of Texas politics and a long list of friends. Resigning as Secretary of the Navy, he flew home for an energetic 25,000-mile tour around the state this spring. Along the way, he picked up valuable business support, a fat campaign chest and the backing of most Texas newspapers. The result was 422,000 primary votes-or almost a third of the total...
...slow-starting campaign toward Canada's national election on June 18 seemed an election in search of an issue-an easy-to-grasp, dollars-and-cents sort of issue. Last week Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's Tory government suddenly -and perhaps unwillingly-provided...