Word: grips
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...result Farnham has slowed down to ONLY 23 receptions, good enough to lead the Ivies in that department, amidst the CIA coverage he's been drawing. Harvard's Bill Emper, who stuck to Farnham like Dentu-Grip last year at Providence, will most likely cover him alone today, a job about as desirable as being Robert Dole's joke writer. Whether Farnham makes a buck-private out of Harvard's captain in the confrontation remains to be seen...
...Lange had only a couple of bad times while caught in Kong's grip. Once the pursuing hand came down too hard on her, crushing her painfully against the jungle floor. In another sequence, when Kong is in a playfully amorous mood and is stroking Lange's face and shoulders, he is supposed to tap her lightly on the head. One of the technicians miscalculated and landed her a blow that caused the actress to see stars. Mostly, however, the gizmo worked amazingly well. Says Lange: "I got very close with the guys who were working the hand...
...presidency, they concentrated on holding power through the Congress. Elect 'em young and keep 'em there was the credo?and for most of this century, Southern House and Senate committee chairmen, who attained their positions through seniority, were effective against civil rights legislation. Now the Southern death grip on committee chairmanships is weakening. In the Senate, three key chairmen are expected to retire in 1979: Mississippi's James Eastland, 71 (Judiciary), Alabama's John Sparkman, 76 (Foreign Relations), and Arkansas' John McClellan, 80 (Appropriations). Mississippi's John Stennis (Armed Services) is a cinch for re-election this year...
...eulogy, Cardinal Dearden noted that the city is in the grip of "a violence which comes from a profound and deep malaise . . . and a moral weakness that is reflected in a disrespect for human life." As he spoke, a wailing police siren drowned out some of his words...
...fervor than an intraparty clash between the state's imposing, egg-bald party chairman, Richard Rosenbaum, 45, and the pugnacious chairman of Brooklyn's G.O.P., George Clark, 35. Clark had seized upon the Reagan candidacy to vent his resentment of Rosenbaum's iron chancellorship and Rockefeller's tight paternal grip. The two leaders had fought first in Kansas over whether Clark could have a Reagan telephone on the floor, then over whether Reagan should be formally invited to address the whole delegation. Rosenbaum vetoed both ideas. Complained Reagan Delegate Vito Battista: "This is like the Gestapo...