Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Second, the radicals would no longer suffer the manpower drain that comes with injuries, legal proccedings and imprisonment. The establishment understands the threat posed by physical confrontation, and it reacts accordingly. It cannot as easily grasp and respond to simple withdrawal. The Chicago trial has spoken volumes about the nature of justice in this country. For this reason it was a "good" thing; but another trial will be less meaningful. We have come a long way when Jerry Rubin can get a sustained applause on a late-night talkshow. The people are behind the movement and are ready to mobilize...
...primary way in which the movement can speak to the conservative person is in terms he already identifies: comfort and security for example. If the older generation, which cannot grasp the concepts of the radicals, can see in them an alternative life-style which is comfortable, happy and secure and non-threatening, then there is good chance that the older generation can be won over. But, at that point it becomes less impotant whether the older generation is won over, because the radicals have their own new institutions...
Urgent Need. No one doubts that Detroit's whites have reason to fear black crime; yet few grasp the complexities of the problem or the possible solutions. In fact, half the city's black robbery victims are black. Roughly 80% of all black murder and rape victims are also black. Moreover, the city's law enforcers alone cannot cure the social breakdown that is Detroit. To cope with crime realistically, Detroit needs an urgent infusion of better urban planning, civic reform and economic development...
Most Americans find it difficult to grasp that some of the brightest and best-cared-for young are so enraged that they have opted for the nihilism of blowing up society. Diana Oughton's story provides some answers-and engenders some pessimism as well...
...Peter Shaffer's reach exceeds his grasp in Shrivings, Anthony Shaffer's grasp is so sure in Sleuth that the playgoer may well wish he had reached farther. In fact, it is tempting to find a moral in this-but drawing morals can be too facile a game...