Word: grips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...glad that David S. Jackson, who attended the Electronic Entertainment Expo of the video- and computer-game industry [VIDEO GAMES, May 24], did not write an article on how these games are causing violence in children. As long as the children who play them have a strong grip on reality, violent video games are fine. There are so many people who regularly play video games and are unaffected by them that the games are obviously not to blame for violence. GREGORY A. KNOX Millbrae, Calif...
Vote-rigging, though, may not be necessary for the country?s current rulers to maintain their grip on power. The new president will be appointed by a parliament composed of the 462 legislators elected at the polls, together with 38 appointed by the military and 200 nominated by the present military-backed government. From the initial count, the ruling party is drawing 20 percent of the vote, which would bring it ?- under the stacked-deck electoral system ?- within a whisker of holding on to power. Add to that an opposition vote split between Megawati?s secular Indonesian Democratic Party...
...Harvard's leftists struggled to distinguish themselves from their radical peers, members of the Class of '49 bore witness to a prelude of the anti-Communist fervor that would grip the nation within a few years of their graduation...
...Harvard's leftists struggled to distinguish themselves from their radical peers, members of the Class of '49 bore witness to a prelude of the anti-Communist fervor that would grip the nation within a few years of their graduation...
Clarke is magnificent as the third Richard, slowly loosing grip on the kingdom and his sanity. He bounces around the stage in a fury of guilt and reproach as the valiant Richmond moves to retake the throne. Parris perfectly complements Clarke as the righteous force of good that inevitably defeats the evil Richard. The play ends with a gloriously choreographed battle between the forces of Richard and Richmond. But although the choreography, music and set are spectacular, the real engine that moves Richard III to success is the solid, intense, and complementary performances of the three Richards...