Word: grasps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Give me your hand," she commanded gruffly, and as she firmly gripped my right hand with both of her own, I knew she also had a firm grasp on her task. "Make two wishes," she said, and after a few feeble protests (short term or long term? Wait, wasn't I paying her to tell me things...
...neither Cedras nor Francois, who is judged by many to be the real strongman, has budged. Now the U.S. must decide how far it is willing to go to see Aristide back in power. If the U.S. has interests there, they are not ones that Americans can easily grasp. There may be a moral desire to implant democracy in Haiti, though its bloody history and repressive regimes seem inimical to that form of government. Wanting to help without getting stuck, the Clinton Administration has relied on diplomacy -- but its impact is weak without a credible threat of force...
...weren't reading closely, you might get the idea the staff actually knew some economics. A further look, however, reveals the staff's shaky grasp of market forces. For instance, the Northeastern police department's higher salaries probably reflect a more dangerous job-site. Furthermore, when has a union ever claimed to have too high a pay level during contract negotiations...
Locking countries like Poland and Hungary into the free world's premier defense alliance would serve Clinton's goals and ensure that if Russia reverts to totalitarianism, at least a few hundred million more people will be outside Moscow's easy grasp. Right now, potential Western investors are holding back from Central Europe, and who can blame them? Offer those businesses a more secure environment and they'll create the markets Clinton wants...
Since final clubs will continue to be a part of the social life at Harvard, we want them to be available to all of us. That's a simple concept, surely one The Crimson can grasp. Sarah Abigail Bianchi...