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...internal debate within Congress over whether it can and should lead or only react to presidential initiatives shows how uncertain the two houses have become about their own role in the Federal Government. If Congress is unwilling to exert its power over the purse, it has lost its grip on its most fundamental constitutional mandate...
Senior pitcher Val Romero went the official distance in yesterday's game, and her two-hit performance should get her out of some of today's practice session. Despite the weather, Romero maintained her grip on the ball and threw strikes until the ump decided to stop calling them...
Bringing up the rear in the EIBL this year will most likely be lowly Dartmouth. The Big Green is already 0-9 for the year and shows no signs of relinquishing its grip on the cellar...
Iran's inch-by-inch recovery of its territory began last September, when it broke the grip of the Iraqi army around the key oil refinery city of Abadan. The Iranians also launched a series of successful attacks on Iraqi positions along the southern segment of the border between the two countries. In addition, the Iranians have recovered a total of about 155 sq. mi. of land at different points along the 625-mile front...
...accomplish a hell of a lot--they couldn't end the war for years, and they didn't change any basic institutions of our government. Desegregation was the only victory (an achievement that may yet prove transient), and even the civil rights movement was unable to even get a grip on the thornier question of economic rights for minorities. Indeed, the most discouraging portion of The Promise of Disharmony deals with the limits to reform--not only in the 60s but throughout our history. Beginning with the notion that there is "considerable repetition from one creedal passion period to another...