Word: grips
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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They hoped it would be pushed to the point where it would really hurt consumer-spending in Britain, stop the rise of prices & wages. Now that the Old Lady has her hand back on the purse strings, her admirers thought it would be difficult to shake her grip loose...
Except for a few of the top men in government and army circles, no one could even guess what was actually bubbling in Argentine politics. Conceivably, Perón's strange inactivity reflected a cynical confidence that his grip on the country was so strong that he did not have to campaign. But some observers wondered whether the desperate illness of his wife and co-ruler might not have left him at least temporarily bereft of the power of decision and the will to fight...
...Southern Democrats had a tight grip, through seniority, on important committee chairmanships, but they had no positive program...
...little girl. She had been hurrying home from the playground when she was hit by an automobile coming down Strasburg Avenue. For a few moments, the little girl clung desperately to the car, rapping on the fender. The driver heartlessly drove on. Then the little girl lost her grip and was crushed beneath a rear wheel...
...great to be alive, thought Vag, reluctantly loosening his grip on the pillow. Especially, he thought as he sprung out of bed, especially on Saturday morning. What ho for football, he thought. What ho for the American Way of Life. What ho. Some day he would take his firstborn, Young Vag, to the Stadium and show him the great beating heart of America...