Word: grips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bring new voters into the electoral process, but that praise has always been contingent on Jackson's sincerity in promising to campaign whole-heartedly for the eventual Democratic nominee. And given the almost absolute schism Jackson has created between Black and white voters in recent contests, the Democratic grip on the minority vote may be weaker than in past years...
...Colombia and Peru, where torture has been justified as a way to combat insurgencies. Prisoners in both countries are often deprived of food, subjected to electric shock, or suspended by their arms while handcuffed behind their backs. In Paraguay torture has become an administrative tool to enforce the firm grip of President Alfredo Stroessner, who seized control of the country 30 years ago. Paraguayans who are suspected of belonging to left-wing groups are often held incommunicado in cramped cells without natural light, fresh air, medical attention or much food for days or even weeks...
Despite the overwhelming opposition to Pinochet's regime, it is unlikely that he will be persuaded to step down soon. He has, if anything, become more determined to keep a tight grip on the country in the face of growing internal and external criticism. There are signs that his once unswerving military support has been reduced to a small core of hard-line generals. Various governments around the world have openly criticized him in recent months. For Pinochet, the most stinging criticism comes from the U.S.: only minutes before the protest began, the State Department sent a telex...
Using an overlapping grip, sentimental people are holding on to old golfers for dear life and good reason. No sport lets go of champions easily, but in golf the replacements have been singularly unsatisfying: too blond, too bland and too many. On the P.G.A. tour, young strangers are kept in such supply that a different one seems to win every week, usually in a playoff. They all swing the same way-correctly. Their skills are undeniable. They appear able to do anything on a golf course except enjoy each other's company...
...democracies and the unwavering insistence of their people that peace must be the paramount goal of their elected governments are signs of great strength, but autocrats persist in mistaking them for signs of weakness. The British demonstrated that a free people have not only kept a sinewy grip on the values they seem to take for granted but are willing to fight for them, and to fight supremely well against considerable odds. The cost was great, but not as great as the cost of a miscalculation by Moscow should it forget these truths. The Falklands crisis was the most useful...