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...Palestine Liberation Organization to stage a comeback in the region at the expense of Jordan's King * Hussein. Said one senior official in Jerusalem: "The P.L.O. feels frustrated that it is not succeeding. It has been thrown to the wolves by Hussein, and it's afraid of seeing its grip lessened in the West Bank. After all, there has been a major attempt by Hussein to restore his own influence in the territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Death Comes to an Occupied Land | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...scandals are very similar. Both prove that the Republican Party is "so far right, it's right out of the picture." In 1964, with the nomination of Barry Goldwater, the right wing grabbed hold of the GOP and barring a few small lapses, it has solidified its grip to this...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Feeling Good, Doing Bad | 12/18/1986 | See Source »

Lean and slightly bent from years of work with hammer and saw, pick and shovel, Graton has sinewy, brown forearms and a powerful grip belying his 77 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Hampshire: a Rare Span | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...Lunge, Grip's title roughly corresponds to order of the acts. In Act One, the characters desperately lust and lunge after one another, and all parties succeed in ending up thoroughly frustrated. In Act Two, the characters seize on to relationships and grip the life out of them. The staging is as sparse as you can get--amidst the heat ducts of Mather basement, the audience gets caught up in the claustrophobia...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Incestuous Nightmares | 11/21/1986 | See Source »

Though Lunge, Grip is Harvard's romantic version of No Exit, there is in fact an escape from the Mather basement. So, grip the first half of this play, then lunge for the door. Half a good, original play is better than nothing...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Incestuous Nightmares | 11/21/1986 | See Source »

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