Word: grips
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...depths with your own kind of sonar. It also means being around so much that when the time comes, you are up close in Capa's sense--in the room, on the scene, there--when the President of the United States of America finally shakes off the psychological grip of his handlers and his security wedge and his tireless self-awareness and makes some gesture or expression that is not in the fat playbook of official gestures and expressions. At which point the scrupulously prepared, emotionally intrepid photographer--we're talking here about Walker--gets the pleasure of hearing...
...relocation, travel and other complicated services. Today these tools are also being adapted to the health-care market by a handful of firms led by IE-Engine. Its software and services, which cost $200,000 to $700,000, achieve savings by increasing speed and efficiency and by loosening the grip on prices held by the chummy network of providers, brokers and consultants on which most corporate insurance buyers have had to rely...
...have a much more firm grip on what we don’t want to lose or let go of, so that actually makes it easier to move ahead building things that are different,” Lamberth said...
...ride as an office chair. Unlike the moped, the eGo uses no gasoline: it runs for 25 miles on a battery that charges in five hours and costs less than 20 a charge. The eGo's speed (up to 23 m.p.h.) is controlled by twisting the right-hand throttle grip; it slows and stops automatically (as it decelerates, the battery recharges) but also has bikelike hand brakes. The eGo comes in bright, fruity colors, and it's great for getting around city streets--though wrestling the 130-lb. bike up your apartment stairs may not be worth the trouble...
...can’t believe you never use chalk,” he said to Mondragon, rubbing his palms against a cube of the white powder. “They say it’s good for your grip, but I’ve never wanted to find...