Word: wrest
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Cisneros' election marks the high point of a long struggle by San Antonio's Hispanics to wrest power from the Anglo establishment. Adopting the confrontational tactics of the late Saul Alinsky, local Hispanic leaders in 1974 formed a social action group called Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS) and quickly forced the city government to spend $200 million for improvement projects in poor Hispanic neighborhoods. In 1977, San Antonio's minorities won control of the city council for the first time, six seats to five...
...Carolina reeling. The effect on the Tar Heels, normally composed and efficient, was devastating: trailing by a single point at the start of the second half, they found themselves down by eleven in less than five minutes, as the Hoosiers stole the ball twice and crashed the boards to wrest rebounds from North Carolina's fearsome front line. The Tar Heels never recovered, finally losing 63-50. On Smith's sixth trip to the Final Four, the Tar Heels had come up empty. His analysis: "I guess we're like Penn State in football. They...
...more likely outcome, they say, is that cities will indeed be forced to make massive layoffs and cutbacks; only in the wake of those actions will public opinion wrest relief or reform from Beacon Hill...
There were somber reminders, however, that Poland's workers could not expect to wrest many more concessions from the government and the party. In a front-page editorial, the official party daily Trybuna Ludu warned that "the new year will not greet us with prosperity; the decisions to be made will not be accepted by everyone with equal satisfaction." Even New Year's Eve, in fact, was celebrated with unusual sobriety-and without live music. Demanding overtime, the country's pop musicians refused to perform at state-run restaurants and nightclubs...
...impressed was Richard Schultz Schweiker when Ronald Reagan asked him to be his vice-presidential running mate in 1976 that the Pennsylvania Senator saved and later framed the airline ticket that brought him to California for their momentous meeting. Reagan's attempt to wrest the party's presidential nomination from Gerald Ford by prematurely naming the liberal Schweiker to his ticket failed, of course, but it left an indelible mark on Schweiker. Since then he has grown steadily more conservative. Now Reagan has given Schweiker, 54, a chance to turn philosophy into policy by naming him Secretary...