Word: grips
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...Sunday night, however, it was apparent that de Gaulle, and anyone who was reading the European or American press, had been sadly misinformed. The Association for the Fifth Republic -- the confederation of Gaullist parties that has had a firm grip on the Assembly for nearly ten years -- was in trouble. For a number of hours after the polls closed it seemed that the Association would not control even a bare majority. Only the following day when the Corsican vote was recounted, did the Gaullists gain their 244th seat, one more than the total held by all the opposition parties...
...situation would improve after a while. Its performance in the monsoon session of the last Parliament in 1966, was incredibly poor and the opposition, despite its numerical weakness--134 seats out of 500--had completely dominated the proceedings. The impression was gaining ground that Congress was losing its grip over the situation and the country was hopelessly drifting towards chaos and economic stagnation. Devaluation of the Rupee did little to improve matters and it began to be said openly that the government had succumbed to Western pressure in agreeing...
...just do it automatically. Bob hasn't been vaulting as long as I have." The fiber-glass pole apparently is not a factor in Seagren's troubles, but one problem may be the stickum with which Bob, like most vaulters, coats his hands to help him grip the pole better on his approach. Still, Seagren insists that the main issue is Section 20(e) itself, which seems to be aimed only at the best vaulters. To clear 17 ft. with a 16-ft. pole, he explains, a jumper must push himself almost straight up at the moment...
...ritual begins with a swift mutual thrust of converging palms, which grasp each other in a crushing grip and pump each other up and down like a frantic seesaw. It is accompanied by a snappy bowing of the head-almost as if to show that the participants have not paralyzed each other. It is, of course, the German handshake, a social act of such importance and frequency that it sometimes seems to dominate German life. More than any other people, the Germans firmly believe that a man's handshake shows his character, and they go through life grasping...
...populace) through the eyes of an occupation army. Only 4% of the force are Negroes, compared with 13.5% of the population. By comparison, of New York City's regular, transit and housing police, 9% are Negroes, v. 15% of the population. The minorities seem sometimes in the grip of an anti-cop mystique that turns every attempt to enforce the law into an outrageous act of persecution...