Word: grips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...picking up the gun, the owner's middle finger covers a tiny red button, activating the fingerprint unit on the side or the grip. The finger also wraps over the print sensor, which then scans the fingerprint...
...appalled at kids' sports. The only reason youngsters play is to win, not for the pleasure of just playing. What ever happened to "for love of the game"? Parents should be ashamed of themselves! Kids, get a grip! The world doesn't revolve around sports or around you. Parents, please. It's just a game. JESSICA POLLEDRI, 14 Verona...
...military threats, but on Tuesday they received news that could set back their struggle for decades: China announced that it had found the world?s highest oil field, 15,000 feet above sea level in the disputed territory. "China would be even less likely to consider relaxing its grip on a Tibet with oil fields," says Dowell. "This is not good news for the Dalai Lama." For most nations, striking oil is counted as a blessing; for Tibetans it may be a curse...
...certain point the University loses its grip on you," Silverglate added. "And we claim that the University lost its grip...
...world's most famous political dissident and ultimately the inspiration for the democratic movement that doomed the Soviet empire. Sakharov realized that the ideals he had pursued as a scientist--compassion, freedom, truth--could not coexist with the specter of the arms race or thrive under the authoritarian grip of state communism. "That was probably the most terrible lesson of my life," he wrote. "You can't sit on two chairs at once...