Word: grips
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...which had extensive bipartisan support, the bill has met a quiet and bitter end under a new president and a new Congress. The bill had applied to weapons including the AK-47, Kalashnikov and Uzi rifles, as well as guns with certain combinations of features such as a pistol grip, folding or telescoping stock, and others. The weapons may be available for purchase—and back on the streets—by the end of the week...
...Late Night with Conan O’Brien”. The snarky pooch was missing his trademark cigar, perhaps confiscated by security in strict adherence to the Garden’s no-smoking rules. Triumph’s muse Robert Smigel kept a tight grip on his charge—the puppet never left his arm. Smigel, a longtime “Saturday Night Live” writer and co-creator of “The Ambiguously Gay Duo,” had collected a few Midwestern guests to speak with him about the demographics of the convention...
...India's tech sector is in the grip of an extraordinary paradox. With almost all tech companies on a hiring spree, there's never been more demand for ?lite employees who have attended the right colleges or have a few years' experience at a prestigious company. Yet for hundreds of thousands of starry-eyed young men and women who are drawn to the IT sector in the hope that it will provide a way out of India's crushing unemployment problem, the promise of a high-paying job is turning out to be a mirage...
...approval from the highest authorities" for a $1.5 billion China plant, only to be dressed down later by China's all-powerful State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA). Apparently, the STMA was left out of the loop and the deal hit a wall. The Marlboro Man will need a surer grip to grab this bull by the horns...
...doctors for the medical seat. Nor, perhaps, should Hong Kong's people be criticized for concentrating their attention, this year, on the existential questions of democracy and their relationship with Beijing. But for Hong Kong to take genuine steps towards true democracy will require more than Beijing loosening its grip. It will also need a class of fledgling lawmakers who are prepared to deal with the issues facing their city. That's the real...