Word: grips
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...been a bestseller in France and Germany, or why Sajer so belatedly wrote it. Beneath its artillery-barrage surface hides another war-the struggle, equally intense though never acknowledged, between an autobiographer's impulse to confess and his impulse to self-justify. With a kind of death grip, Sajer holds on to his reader, simultaneously appealing to him for absolution and denying his right to judge. He pictures the reader sitting in an armchair by the fire, curled up in a comfortably moral position. Out of anguish, out of arrogance, he pulls him down into his hell. What...
...Houston. He was unusually good at narrating the nuts and bolts of the flight. But there was absolutely no suspense. One knew beforehand that Apollo 11 would succeed and that Aquarius would become stranded in orbit with his preoccupations about corporate capitalism, WASPhood, the metaphysics of cancer, the death grip of practically anything made of plastic, and his need to find the peace and security of family life and decent work...
Through the early part of the year, inflation psychology kept its grip on the minds of investors and businessmen. Then, in the space of a month, two events turned the mood from hope to gloom and brought the nation closer to financial panic than at any time since the 1930s...
...arrange. The Israelis fear that they will lose their chief advantage-air superiority to protect ground forces from Egyptian artillery-if Cairo is free to go on building its missile network. At the same time, Cairo fears that the longer the cease-fire continues, the tighter Israel's grip will grow on occupied Egyptian territory...
...bout was only mildly competitive. But suddenly the two big men were ricocheting angrily from wall to wall while the rest of us scrambled for cover. It was obvious that Bob was a stronger and more experienced wrestler. But suddenly, as Bernie was squeezing him in a scissors grip, Bob went limp and gave up. "What's the matter, strong man," Bernie taunted. "You're not so strong after all, are you?" We all tensed, waiting for Bob's reaction, but there was none...