Word: gripping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebels of nearby El Salvador, and the U.S., of course, is backing anti-Sandinista rebels. (Last week the U.S. Senate approved $19 million in continuing covert aid for the Nicaraguan insurgents.) Says Detlev Vagts, professor of law at Harvard: "I don't think international law has got a grip on the issue of covert activity, in which you arm and support rebels within a country...
...forcing us to confront our own problems, and our difficulties in expressing our thoughts. This particular production, superbly interpreted by the cast, plays off of the audience's attention, and as we get consumed in their actions, they in turn become more and more tense and brutal, relaxing their grip only when the lights...
...lead Hedda to destroy men's careers in her quest for "perfect moments" appears only in intermittent flashes. Raffi as Tesman and Linda Gray as Mrs. Elvsted--perhaps the feistiest of Hedda's intended victims--offer even less depth. Raffi in particular, though he seems to have a good grip on the well-meaning naive Tesman, over-emotes so consistently that his voice deteriorates into bleating...
...gambling take. So? Hasn't all that been widely known for at least 20 years? It has. But proving it is something else. After years of only sporadic success, the FBI and the Justice Department finally may be shaking the Mob's grip on Las Vegas...
...injury to White gave Gizzi his chance in the glamour spot, instead. Typically refusing to be pinned own on the topic of how firm Gizzi's grip is on the starting spot. Restic said, "One game doesn't make quarterback...