Word: grips
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last week there were signs that the iron grip of the cartels has been slipping. The watch industry's own trade magazine, Schweizer Uhr, launched an attack in a front-page editorial titled "We Declare War." Said the magazine: The cartels, "euphemistically called associations," are "not keeping pace with economic trends and [are] abusing their strength and power to the detriment of our national economy." Noting that for months it had been receiving complaints from watchmakers about the rigid price fixing, the magazine said: "The cartels' management has won such power and independence that many of the members...
...down after a low pitch," Al remembers now. "Then he told me something else which I think helped me even more. He told me how to keep in condition during the off season, by swinging heavy bats and keeping a rubber ball in my pocket to exercise my grip...
Judging from the present development of the building, there does not seem to be any provision for natural lighting. Perhaps utter darkness, inducing meditation, will grip the interior, symbolizing the ignorance in which man's soul is thrashing about. And, after a few moments of this thrashing about, the darkness will motivate our logical, expedient MIT student (and all MIT students ARE logical and expedient) with a desire to come out into the natural light...
...political control. In the absence of functioning political parties and a free press, the conditions for a democratic or even a democratic-looking presidential election do not exist in Peru. And they are not likely to exist next year unless, in the meantime, President Odria loosens his Big Brotherly grip...
Brazilian politics," ostentatiously wears shabby clothes and the sorrowful look of a much-kicked dog. Neither man is in the grip of an ideology; what makes both of them run is the attraction of political office with the Presidency at the end of the track. Kubitschek (TIME, Feb. 21) is a hard-running presidential candidate. Quadros (TIME, Nov. 1) is passing up the race this time, but from the sidelines he has greatly improved Kubitschek's prospects...