Word: grasping
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...course material. The most effective way to flesh out complex issues is to share ideas in small group settings—which is why sections are ultimately the most important aspect of a course. In section, students can reform their opinions, test their ideas on others and, most importantly, grasp the material more confidently. It is the sole place to achieve these goals outside of the 400-person lecture class. Yet we still barrage that “one really annoying person in section who won’t shut up” as the cause of our misery...
Offering Danis a contract following his stellar junior season, the Bears’ bulwark had all that he’d striven for since his youth within his grasp...
Kerry may have taken the fire in Dean’s belly. But to truly capture what made Dean exciting, he must grasp the logic of Dean’s campaign. Dean’s passion built a movement that will last long after the 2004 election. If Kerry is to be worthy of that movement, he must understand why Elliott and others like her gave their time and effort to the Dean campaign. If Kerry, and the Democratic Party, learns this lesson, that will be Dean’s victory...
Which football powerhouse had the recruiting power to come into Lincoln and snag a star recruit from Nebraska’s grasp-—on its home turf no less...
...centuries. He would have studied the French Revolution and the travails of that country as it struggled to emerge as the France of today. Does Wolfowitz realize how difficult it is to bring democracy to a people who have no democratic tradition? Perhaps he might have a better grasp of the situation in Iraq if he accompanied our troops on a night mission to root out insurgents. HERBERT DODGE Los Angeles...