Word: grips
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...What even the ordinary man in the street foresaw before the Bush Administration started its war has at last come true: a country that the dictator Saddam held together with a brutal, tight grip is spinning out of control. People unaccustomed to democracy and split by long-lasting rivalries are unlikely to seek peaceful coexistence. Maybe the American ideal of a national melting pot enticed the Bush Administration into irresponsibly simplifying the complicated situation in Iraq. Hans Gerbig Gersthofen, Germany...
...sooner we face that reality, the more rational our analysis will be. Tom Minchin Melbourne, Australia What even the ordinary man in the street foresaw before the Bush Administration started its war has at last come true: a country that the dictator Saddam held together with a brutal, tight grip is spinning out of control. People unaccustomed to democracy and split by long-lasting rivalries are unlikely to seek peaceful coexistence. Maybe the American ideal of a national melting pot enticed the Bush Administration into irresponsibly simplifying the complicated situation in Iraq. Hans Gerbig Gersthofen, Germany The choice in Iraq...
...Walsh says, Myers instructed Brown to dip down as he attacked the plate rather than before, as he had previously done. Myers also helped him with his arm angle and demonstrated an improved sidearmer grip...
...Still, despite the Belorusians' surprising resolve and the predictable Western denunciations of the election as "invalid" and "illegitimate," Lukashenko won't let go of his grip on power easily - or quietly. Leading opposition candidate Milinkevich confirmed to the visiting diplomats at the square that "a big grab" had indeed occurred, with more than 100 key opposition leaders, activists and staffers detained. "The Opposition has been beheaded," Milinkevich said. For his part, Lukashenko announced that "the revolution that was so much talked about failed," and dismissed any talk of economic sanctions as empty threats that would be too costly for European...
...with the close win.”“One-goal and overtime games are sort of the expectation,” Anderson said. “We had to dig in and play good defense, and we did.”Though the team maintained its grip on the lead, Harvard players expressed some disappointment with their third-quarter performance.“We showed a little bit of lack of poise at times, and had a few more penalties than we should have,” Anderson said. “But part of that is playing...