Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there, from 1986 to 1992, as bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor and the Boston Globe. Along with a grounding in Russian language and history, he says, "the most crucial tool for understanding the place is a thorough knowledge of Monty Python. Only this enables you to fully grasp the whiplash-like changes, from comedy to tragedy and sobriety to surrealism." A nose for news helps: Quinn-Judge was already at work on a story about infighting in the Kremlin when the firing of General Lebed proved the prescience of his reporting...
...pols and pundits might even tap into one of the most popular genres of all--the booming market in steamy romance fiction ("Ted, I think when Americans grasp the broad, rippling possibilities of Senator Dole's tax plan, when they feel the soothing yet insistent implications of his capital-gains tax cut, they will open to his candidacy like a rose...
...homage is utterly convincing: every Gorey picture draws upon a rich background of visual references, ranging from Japanese prints to surrealist painters. Wilkin correctly argues that "Gorey's dialogue with other art, like his dialogue with literary traditions, is simply evidence of his wide-ranging knowledge and sophisticated grasp of the discipline...
...bureaucracy never got to evolve. When success brought on the frenzied speculating of the late 1980s, the ruling establishment covered one another's bets. In 1992 the bubble burst, the Nikkei stock index lost more than half its value, and Japan plunged into recession. The Liberal Democrats lost their grasp on power, returning a year later in coalitions. "The old corrupt system fell apart," says Taizo Yakushiji, a professor of international politics at Keio University. "So finally we're back to where we were in the early 1970s...
...friend's call made me realize that I am not the only person whose grasp on reality was shaken by the Tonight Show appearance of Elizabeth Dole in motorcycle duds. In fact, I believe our response to her appearance was symptomatic of a problem more widespread than people have been willing to admit...