Word: wrestliing
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...ites are the largest of Lebanon's principal religious groups, with a population of more than 1 million. They are also the poorest and politically the most unstable. Founded in 1975, Amal quickly became the main Shi'ite political movement. One of its aims has been to wrest a more equitable share of power from the Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims, who have divided most of the political spoils since Lebanon became independent of French rule in 1943. In recent months, however, Amal has lost ground within the Shi'ite community to the radical Hizballah (Party of God). Hizballah...
Harvard never managed to wrest the lead away, however, and Dartmouth stiffened after Webster's bomb. The Crimson got within four points a number of times down the stretch but could never get any closer to the Randall-led Green...
...speculation that the Reaganites might wrest power from Chairman Paul Volcker, and perhaps even goad him into resigning, has proved to be off the * mark. Despite a brief, publicized dispute over a discount-rate cut in February, the Reagan appointees -- Johnson, Martha Seger, Wayne Angell and H. Robert Heller -- have generally worked well with Volcker and his allies Henry Wallich and Emmett Rice. Only Seger, a former Michigan bank regulator, has publicly sniped at Volcker. One of her complaints: the central bank's staff, which answers to the chairman, does not keep the other Fed governors fully informed...
...away at work, Molly watches Leo take a shower; what follows is either a brief, innocent mistake or an instance of child molesting, depending on who makes the judgment. Molly's father, hearing his little daughter talk of this event, goes understandably bananas and instigates legal proceedings to wrest custody of the child from her mother...
...Knights are on their way to the tournament final. And the Crimson--the favorite to wrest the ECAC tournament crown for the first time since 1983--is in the consolation game...