Word: graspingly
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...those who keep up with their work until November hours and grasp the subject by that time, the rest of the course will be easy. Good marks at the hours will carry one through. It is only difficult if the first weeks' reading is neglected...
...scaling is bound to be less than successful in the concrete Lewisohn Stadium, hemmed in by ugly apartment houses and the unimpressive buildings of the College of the City of New York. When William Blake made his drawings of the Book of Job, he took the universe in his grasp, peopled it with supermen and angels. Save for Dancer Shawn, operatically devilish as a deep green Satan, the Denishawns did little more than suggest Blake's eloquent figures. Composer Williams' score was politely modern, lacked movement...
Papers written for the tutor should be filed and saved by him. Books read by the tutee should be discussed with the tutor, who should keep a brief record of the tutee's grasp of the subject. A good way to keep his interest in his work would be an assignment to read a book every two weeks and to write a short paper on anything therein which stirred his enthusiasm. At this rate about sixty books would be read by each student in connection with his college work. The student would know moreover that his tutor had a record...
Said President George Washington Rightmire of Ohio State: "A great university is here within our grasp if we will attend only to the big worthwhile projects, and put first things first...
...flash Uncle Arthur asked him to repeat and confirm his "pledge." Caught, flushing darkly, Dr. Schober did as the Scotsman asked. In Berlin irate editors soon echoed former German Finance Minister Peter Reinhold who said: "Dr. Schober surrendered completely to Mr. Henderson chiefly because he failed to grasp the situation through insufficient knowledge of English...