Word: grasps
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...overtime, Eagle's Kate Antos ended the suspense when she fired the winning goal from the crease 1:14 into the extra period, beating sophomore Crimson goalie Erin Villiotte who looked to have the puck firmly in her grasp...
...environmental regulations. The others all concerned abortion. Clinton ended the Reagan-Bush "gag rule" on abortion counseling at federally financed clinics and lifted prohibitions on fetal-tissue research, abortion at military hospitals and funding for overseas population-control programs. Said Clinton: "We must free science and medicine from the grasp of politics." No way. Protesters who had gathered at the White House to decry the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision of 20 years ago (the coincidence of the anniversary and the orders was no coincidence whatever) blamed Clinton's "wicked counselors" and vowed to fight...
SINCE HIS ELECTION, BILL CLINTON HAS MORE THAN DEMONSTRATED his brains, energy and rapid grasp of complex issues. He named his Cabinet by Christmas and kept his vow to bring diversity to top government posts. For two days in December, he conducted a tour de force over the economic landscape, dazzling TV viewers as he pitched and fielded questions on subjects ranging from capital formation to auto-emission controls. He even talked policy as he frolicked on the beach, giving some Americans an impression that they had elected a new-age Renaissance man who could juggle all sorts of modern...
...journalist and essayist for the PBS MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, Rodriguez knows that Americans grasp their history lightly if at all. In a multiethnic society, it's a cultural disorder that has had its advantages. Historical amnesia has been useful to the 12-step process of national amalgamation. Forget just a bit who you were, and it was easier to become someone else -- an American...
...that. He need not fear the public's reaction. The lesson of last fall's election, as put succinctly by Clinton's new Budget Director, Leon Panetta, is that "the people have said, 'Don't kid us anymore. Just tell us the truth.' " Why Clinton can't grasp this fact is anyone's guess. All we know is that we have been around this block before. Clinton's inability to come clean about his draft dodging during the campaign appears to have telegraphed an ongoing discomfort with uncomfortable truths, a character flaw that could cripple his effectiveness. "The lack...