Word: grips
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...Grip...
...interesting to see young Al Pacino reclining in his apartment on Fourteenth Street (1969) or to see Norman Mailer sandwiched between two reels of film as he worked on the film Law and Order, his second documentary (1968). It is the photos of these people with famous faces that grip the most; Cary Grant, unsurprisingly, fills the frame, as Jeffry herself said: “It doesn’t usually take more than 10 minutes to get a good picture— especially if you look like Cary Grant.” The same can be said of Anthony...
...Also, the U.S. strategy for bringing down the Taliban is premised on the instigating the time-honored Afghan tradition of warlords switching loyalties with the fortunes of war. And while that may help break the Taliban's grip on power, it doesn't necessarily make for a very stable next chapter no matter how much money the West is pumping...
...impervious to detection. Or else he could be calculating that his own propaganda gains justify the risk. By confidently answering questions on a premier U.S. network six weeks after subjecting America to the biggest terrorist strike in world history - and at a time when Americans are in the grip of an anthrax panic that has even shut down part of their government - bin Laden may be trying to paint himself as invincible in order to deepen the despair of his enemies and rally his supporters...
...broadcasts were largely ineffective. No one knows how effective tactical psyops will now be in a country as isolated and backward as Afghanistan has become. Afghans should be starved for information. The Taliban regime is unpopular among large segments of the population. But the Taliban has had an iron grip on what Afghans see and hear - and therefore a long lead in the psyops...