Word: grips
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Senator Olin Johnston, proposed that the Democrats draft Secretary of State George Marshall. Arkansas' Senator John McClellan came out for Harry Byrd. Even at the price of defeat, Georgia's Senator Walter George looked forward to a party shakeup after the election, with Southerners taking a stronger grip...
...accused the Green administration of shaking down Illinois businessmen, of being responsible for the deaths of in men in last spring's Centralia mine tragedy, of neglecting the upkeep of once-model state institutions. He cried: "The unconscionable spoils machine which . . . now holds the state in its grip . . . must be uprooted and the earth scorched...
...extra points, Coach Mikkola is counting on pole-vaulters Bill Lawrence and Bud Lockett, speedy Jon Spivak in the 60-yard dash, and Don Trimble in the shot. Last year's squad, with a point total of 12, finished fourth behind NYU, Manhattan, and Penn State. Today, the Violets grip on IC4A track will be jeopardized by Yale, Manhattan again, Penn State, and possibly Army...
This week, the cold eased its grip in some places. But amateur weather prophets, amid much labored clowning, generally agreed that ground hogs saw their shadows on Ground-Hog Day (Feb. 2)-and that meant six more weeks of winter...
...cold had a bulldog grip. Day after day it hung on, biting to the bone. Last week the U.S. suffered more than mere discomfort...