Word: grabs
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Alarmed by the Capital Cities/ABC and Westinghouse/CBS mergers, President Clinton has promised to block the bill for now. Unfortunately, his veto threat looks unsustainable. Hopefully the Democrats who have acquiesced in this conservative power grab will soon come to their senses and realize their true commitments to the American people. If not, we can expect even more grossly unfair electoral competition and an even less socially responsible media in the future...
...stabbed," she told the New York Times, "but by the next Monday in Rome they were already standing up to take my ranking away. Gabby [Gab riela] Sabatini was the only person who thought of me as a human being and not as a ranking position they wanted to grab...
What passes for Powell passion was visible only once last week. In speaking about welfare reform, his tones were decidedly un-Republican--or at least un-Newtonian. Powell--grab your seats--fears for the children of welfare recipients when their mothers are treated harshly. That's not much, but it's a start toward the middle that could lead to Powell's running as an independent, which increasing numbers of Americans tell pollsters they want...
...opened to commercial foreign traffic in 1992, however, only one vessel has made the complete trip. Big insurers are loath to underwrite these ventures, given the severity of the northern weather and uncertainty over Russia's ability to keep the route open. Indeed, instead of charging minimal fees to grab market share, the Russian authority responsible for the sea route set the administration fees at $6 a ton, eating up most of the savings that might come from taking the route...
Apart from his prostate cancer, Dole's most significant medical concerns stem from his World War II injuries. Shrapnel still lies buried in his right shoulder. His partially paralyzed right arm has atrophied from disuse, although he can maneuver it to grab and pull back on a rowing machine. Aggressive physical therapy after the war allowed him to rescue most of the use of his left arm. But during his three-year convalescence, he developed an infection that required his right kidney to be removed. Sonograms have shown that his left kidney has, as expected, got larger in order...