Word: grips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ideology loses its hold over the young, the regime must strengthen the grip of nationalism. In school, children are drilled constantly on the heroic deeds of earlier Communists, especially during World War II. Teen-agers regale visitors with exploits of this or that World War II unit, complete with names, numbers and battles. The history lessons are selective: no mention is made of Soviet unreadiness for the German attack, for example. The U.S. role in the victory is underplayed...
...years. Others wishfully thought that he might emerge as a liberal, eager to improve relations with the West and reform the Soviet Union's cumbersome system of centralized planning. Andropov proved to be neither. Having taken hold of the reins of power late in life, he found his grip too feeble to alter the course of a nation of 271 million...
...political instincts. Campaign Manager Robert Beckel, 36, beefy and boisterous, handles the nitty-gritty details of daily tactics. Senior Political Adviser John Reilly, 55, came out of Jack and Robert Kennedy campaigns and has helped corral endorsements. Campaign Treasurer Michael Herman. 44, talkative, assertive and warm, has a firm grip on cash-flow problems...
Last night at Bright Center, the Harvard women's hockey team knotted Princeton at 4-4 after two periods, but the Tigers escaped the Crimson's grip in the final stanza and blitzed their way to six scores en-route to a 10-5 triumph...
...Harvard on topic debate team is once again preeminent in the nation. Following the victory of the squad's top team, composed of senior Jonathan Wiener and Junior Jonathan Massey, at the biggest tournament of the fall season, only the Miami Hurricanes football squad has a firmer grip on a number-one ranking...