Word: grip
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...weeks after Provenzano was captured by police in the hills near his hometown of Corleone, following four decades on the lam. And beyond that high-profile arrest, and Cuffaro's legal cloud, there is a center-left challenger whose very presence offers a stark reminder of organized crime's grip on this complicated island. Cuffaro's rival is Rita Borsellino, 60, the sister of Paolo Borsellino, a prominent magistrate who was killed by the Mafia in 1992 when his parked car was blown to pieces. The slaying of Borsellino and his five bodyguards came just three months after his friend...
...Palermo taxi driver, will vote for the incumbent, opting for his political experience and reserving judgment on the Mafia ties until the trial is over. "We have other problems to worry about," he said. "Borsellino seems like a sheep surrounded by wolves." Still, few deny the Mafia's unique grip on Sicilian society. Across the region, and stretching up to Rome, the Mafia has long been adept at playing politics - applying both hard and soft tactics. Over the years, gangsters have intermittently gunned down crusading lawmakers, priests and magistrates, but more often Cosa Nostra looks to forge secret (and peaceful...
...Zarqawi's network settled in Ramadi and, in essence, hijacked the homegrown fight. Although Iraqi groups have bucked al-Zarqawi's authority periodically--most notably in last year's referendum and December election, when they opted to vote, forcing him to stand idly by--al-Qaeda maintains its grip...
...useless" on land and that the appendage is only "anatomically" - and not functionally - intermediate between lobed fins and legs. If some level of function does not follow anatomical form, then natural selection has nothing to work upon to produce legs from fins. That article presented more evidence of the grip that evolution has on the mind of scientists than it did for the theory. Jeff Prather Diamond Springs, California, U.S. The fishapod article and accompanying Viewpoint used straw-man arguments in an attempt to discredit intelligent design and creationism. They even went so far as to insinuate that without...
President Vladimir Putin is reaping the benefit of the soaring economy. His approval rating is a rock-solid 70%. That support has allowed Putin to brush off his critics in the West, where the Russian President is often painted as a throwback to autocracy. The Kremlin has tightened its grip on society in recent years, cracked down on nongovernmental organizations and maneuvered to take control of natural resources and other industries it deems strategic. The Bush Administration, which has grown uneasy about Russian assertiveness beyond its borders, issued an unusually harsh indictment last week when Vice President Dick Cheney said...