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...briefcase can even be used as a shield. Its tough synthetic fabric will withstand a .357 magnum bullet. To stymie any attempts to steal all this James Bond gadgetry, there is also an alarm that will sound six seconds after the case is ripped from the owner's grasp...
...spokesman conceded, "We absolutely deny we are going to send the Marines to free the Russians from the grasp of the mayor of Glen Cove...
...first toys the young Prince may grasp is an ivory-handled rattle that was given to his great-grandmother, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. More than 2,000 gifts from all over the world flooded in on the family; most are to be passed on to hospitals and orphanages...
...Khalid remained close to the nomadic tribes that roam the country's desert wastelands, and his piety and sincerity appealed to devout practitioners of Wahhabism, the orthodox branch of Islam unique to Saudi Arabia. Fahd, on the other hand, gained international respect for his intelligence, flexibility and informed grasp of foreign affairs. But he had much weaker ties to the tribes, and his playboy reputation in his younger years offended more traditional elements in Saudi society...
...matinee days, in a single afternoon and evening. The opening productions are stolid, earnest and distinctly uninspired. The occasion totally lacks the incandescent flow that made the company's Nicholas Nickleby a unique theatrical experience. In tone Part 1 has a springtime mood, life blooming to be grasped; Part 2 is autumnal, life slipping away beyond one's grasp...