Word: gripped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...growing faith in the new American President in order to defend interests and pursue objectives of their own." And according to Sorensen, the whole Bay of Pigs project "seemed to move mysteriously and inexorably toward execution without either the President's being able to obtain a firm grip on it or reverse it." Still, whatever weaknesses there may have been -or may remain-in government decisionmaking, there seems nothing wrong with the apparatus that firm leadership at the top cannot cure. The trouble at the time, both chroniclers argue, was the President's newness. He had been...
...funny thing happened to Jack on his way to the jack: he shot a 78 in the first round. He sank one decent putt all day, and he only managed that because "the cup got in the way of the ball." Nicklaus had plenty of company. Unable to grip his clubs properly because of a circulatory ailment, Defending Champion Ken Venturi staggered in with an 81; Arnold Palmer, who also had a 67 in practice, got his figures reversed with a 76. Three pros finished in the 90s-"How am I ever going to explain this to the members...
...Australia's Roy Emerson, 28: London's Grass Courts Championship by default over the U.S.'s Dennis Ralston, 22, who pulled out an hour before the match because of an injured thumb that had become so swollen that "I couldn't grip the racket...
...could not decide what his intention was, and the bull had buried his head in her lap, like a wild, tormented lover, before her expression changed. One of his horns sank until it pierced her heart, and the other curved around her side and held her in an unbreakable grip. She continued to stare straight ahead with the look of a person whose sight has been suddenly restored but who finds the light unbearable. Mr. Greenleaf was running toward her, the tree line gaping behind him and nothing under his feet. He shot the bull four times through...
...ministerial tones, Murphy then recited the Klan oath: " 'I most solemnly swear that I will forever keep sacredly secret the songs, words and grip . . . regarding which a most rigid secrecy must be maintained ... I will never yield to bribe, flattery, threats, passion, punishment, persecution, persuasion, nor any other enticements whatever coming from or offered by any person or persons, male or female, for the purpose of obtaining from me a secret or secret information. I will die rather than divulge them, so help me God.' Did you swear to that oath...