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...condition called myositis. As tissues become inflamed and swollen, they can press on nearby nerves, causing tingling and weakness in the fingers. Sometimes scar tissue develops in the area. All together these injuries, if not treated, can result in diminished coordination and strength: patients may literally lose their grip and have trouble managing simple manual tasks...
Worse for De Beers, the glut comes amid growing evidence of big-time diamond smuggling out of the former Soviet Union. As a result, not since 1982, when speculators dumped their diamond stockpiles, has De Beers' legendary grip on the diamond market seemed so shaky...
...emphasize his warm, gentle side, Quayle even sent a stuffed, presumably Republican, elephant to the child of the fictional TV anchorwoman as a gift. "Mr. Vice President, "observers implored, "it's TV Get a grip...
...extent to which fear and loathing still hold Europe in their grip is also demonstrated by the current crisis in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). This crisis, which in the past two weeks has seen the British pound and Italian lira suspended from the ERM, the Spanish peseta significantly devalued, and the French franc under serious attack, has brought out of the closet all of the chauvinist habits of the pre-war years...
Marcos also left a debt of 100 billion pesos,which Aquino called a "monkey on [the citizens']backs, but it had the grip of a gorrilla...