Word: grips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moment, Afghanistan's major cities remain in government hands, thanks largely to massive Soviet bombing attacks in recent weeks. But no one expects Najibullah's tenuous grip on the country to hold for long. Rebel commanders in the field, who sense that a military victory is within reach, are not going to let that long-sought opportunity slip away. The only remaining question seems to be precisely how they will take the cities. Full- scale assaults are tempting, but the mujahedin insurgents fear that the civilian toll may be high and that a successful attack may draw Soviet retribution from...
ASUNCION, Paraguay--Former Paraguayan President Alfredo Stroessner yesterday boarded a jetliner at the airport that bears his name and flew to exile in Brazil, his 34-year-old grip on this nation ended by a military coup that left hundreds dead...
...mini-series were produced about the boy-next-door killer. With network-TV broadcasts of the murderer's last interview and scenes of crowds gathered outside the penitentiary, even his execution became a media circus. Whether Bundy intended it or not, his final encounter with death renewed his nightmarish grip on the nation's attention...
Miami is now in the grip of a new surge of immigration, this time from Nicaragua. Fleeing economic misery and political persecution in that embattled Central American country, as many as 200 refugees a day are hitting town. By the end of this year, an estimated 100,000 more Nicaraguans will seek refuge in Miami. The city has not experienced such an overwhelming influx since the Mariel boatlift deposited 125,000 Cuban refugees...
...Gorbachev might soon be forced to share power or be pushed aside entirely. Rumors of political frailty have plagued Gorbachev before, but this time they cropped up in more than one place. In Moscow a Western diplomat remarked, "There are a lot of indications that Gorbachev is losing his grip." In New York City speculation swirled in the corridors of the United Nations. "Is it possible that Gorbachev has reached the crucible?" asked a West German Kremlinologist. "Yes it is." Even a senior Soviet diplomat admitted, "The worst could happen, and it could come soon." Yet for all the jittery...