Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ironically, those in local politics who seem to berate Harvard the most are often Harvard affiliates, revealing the University's unique grasp over things. The new executive director of the good-government Cambridge Civic Association graduates from the College today, and several City Council campaigns are being managed by undergraduates...
...past few weeks, I have sat in the bars, restaurants and courtyards of Harvard Square, talking with friends about to graduate. We all want to change the world. We are all energized by dreams we feel we are about to grasp...
...does so as fairly as this picture does. Encouraged by his mentor, Leonard's character defies parental and school authority to reach out for his dream (he wants to be an actor, not the doctor his father insists he must become) and finds that it is beyond his emotional grasp. Though director Weir, who is good at unspoken menace (Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave), has created a subtly dark and claustrophobic atmosphere, the final tragedy is nonetheless somewhat implausible...
...same token, the President's response to the Alaska oil spill tarnished his leadership credentials. Bush failed to grasp the symbolic importance of dealing personally with a major environmental disaster. When an Exxon tanker dumped 11 million gal. of oil into Prince William Sound, Bush remained in Washington instead of touring the scene of the accident. Even his old friend John Chafee, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, says, "That was unfortunate, a missed opportunity." Despite the lack of personal involvement, however, Bush has sent ships and personnel from the Navy, Army, Air Force...
...what we needed was an issue of global importance. Death, politics, controversy. What would he grasp...