As a book, it will be a slog: it is the equivalent of three Harry Potter novels squeezed into one, running on a Groundhog Day grasp of time travel and a Star Wars-esque handling of oedipal myth.
Understanding the history of life on Earth requires a grasp of the depth of time and breadth of space.
One weird aspect of the past few years is how a "tornado of news-making has scrambled Americans' grasp of time and memory," as my colleague Matt Flegenheimer put it last year.
One year out, this may be Mr. Trump's greatest trick: His tornado of news-making has scrambled Americans' grasp of time and memory, producing a sort of sensory overload that can make even seismic events — of his creation or otherwise — disappear from the collective consciousness and public view.
McIntyre's adamantine grasp of time is exploded when, as a consequence of what he experienced, he was convinced that he had left his own time behind.
By then, Katie had been on the witness stand for nearly an hour and a half, speaking in a clear, steady voice and demonstrating what Mr. Catterson has described as her "unique grasp of time and events". She spent nearly four hours on the stand, sticking to her testimony while being cross-examined by Mr. Inghilleri's lawyer, Thomas Klei.
Factor in the babysitter's vague grasp of time, and the odds are stacked against you arriving on time for that reservation.
"The Refusal of Time" is an exploration in drawing, text, music, movement and video of the shifts and struggles in our grasp of time, from the 19th century on.
As she got left behind, the problems clarified: Annie wasn't learning to read, she had no real grasp of time, and she found it hard to wash herself or brush her hair.
Hersch's] argument is convincing, his writing engaging, and his musical analyses compelling and seductive". "Hersch has the grasp of time and place that is the hallmark of all the most worthwhile historians.
