Word: grips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...constructive engagement" policy in which Japan, the Philippines and other Asian trading partnersquietly pressured the regime on human rights."The story is how one of the world's most isolated countries is bidding to join the dynamic East Asian mainstream by opening up its economy while keeping a tight grip on the political system," Burton says. The next test: whether the junta will let Suu Kyi's overwhelmingly popular National League for Democracy play a true political role. "If so, this rich but backward country could be in for a takeoff that would rival that of Vietnam." Burton says...
...becoming ever more famous. There's Gingrich the Small-Screen Star, who appeared regularly on National Empowerment Television; and Gingrich the after-dinner toastmaster, who can command $50,000 a plate at a fund raiser; as well as Gingrich the erstwhile college professor. If he doesn't get a grip, we may soon have Newt the Fragrance as well as coverage of Congress on a pay-per-view basis...
...week's fighting looked very much like an attempt by the Bosnians to break the three-year siege. President Alija Izetbegovic almost said as much. His army, he declared, had been "ordered to undertake measures to prevent any further strangulation of the city." There was no question the Serbs' grip was throttling Sarajevo. For three weeks the city's natural gas and electricity had been cut off, and water had to be pumped by hand. Humanitarian-aid shipments were halted by the Serb blockade, and food warehouses were empty. Air shipments of supplies have been impossible for two months because...
...been called pragmatists and their opponents hard-liners, but the labels do not convey the multitude of factions vying for power. "Only personal interests and family interests are priorities-for all of them," says a longtime diplomat. Though himself a mullah, Rafsanjani would like to weaken the clergy's grip on Iran's domestic affairs. But he lost control when a conservative, hostile parliament was voted in three years ago. "Rafsanjani is Iran's Gorbachev -- he wants to, but he can't," says the diplomat...
...fact, anyone who's been at the school for, oh, four years or so should be able to remember the days before the 'Net explosion. Before room connections, Before extracurricular organizational newsgroups. Before the computerized housing lottery. Before, well, before Unix enveloped the whole campus in its erratic grip...