Word: wrest
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...this underlying optimism that accounts for the quiet debate now consuming Bush's strategists: What kind of campaign should the President wage? There are two choices. Either Bush can ape Reagan and seek a first-ever 50- state landslide or he can run a serious coattail campaign designed to wrest effective control of Congress from the Democrats by devoting considerable time and money to helping specific congressional candidates. Past G.O.P. candidates have hoped for a trickle-down effect -- a huge presidential victory that pulls in enough Republican legislators, who then join with conservative Democrats to fashion a working majority...
...skyjacking, which resulted in the murder of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. How critical the Hammadis will prove in any final settlement remains uncertain. While Hizballah has asserted that it wants the brothers back, it is possible that the demand is merely a noisy tactic designed to wrest concessions and appease the powerful Hammadi clan...
Last year, Yale squash Captain John Musto scraped out a fifth-match, fifth-game victory to clinch the competition for the Elis and wrest the national championship from Harvard...
...enough, however, to wrest the initiative back from the anticommunist movement. "Milosevic's castle has been destroyed," said Desimir Tosic, vice president of the opposition Democrats. "He could make a desperate move to stay in power, but it won't be the same power he held in the past...
...Friday night, although it was a little earlier than expected. Princeton wrapped up its third consecutive Ivy League title with its 56-33 win over Columbia, leaving the rest of the Ivy League coaching staffs a long, long time to ponder what it is going to take to wrest the title from the Tigers. The Tigers are the first team to "three-peat" since Pennsylvania won three straight from...