He clenched his fist.

Did Darby use his fist?

He's already got charge of the bank. He's got the bus line.

He got a sounding kick on the shin that made him shout, but he kept his grip.

The spell was broken when Putin reasserted his grip on executive power.

The old order based on force is losing its grip on international relations.

He has lost all authority in Gaza, and has a tenuous hold over the West Bank.

You should have seen him at the corrida of the Feast of the Anunciación.

He'd as soon put his fist into my teeth as bid me the time of the day.

Nevertheless, our national development was hampered by the backwardness, injustice and violence that held sway throughout the region.

He is, in this sense, a survivalist, who believes that he has no choice but to maintain his grip on power.

He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin offering.

Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD it is a sin offering.

Presumably, Putin hopes to whip up nationalist sentiment to strengthen his weakened hold on power at home.

So while some members may walk out, Sharon can easily hold on to control of the party.

But the SCAF side is applying a similar strategy strengthening its hold over the key power ministries.

Why did The notorious Mac Keefer pay Sullivan 100,000 in cash and what political sword does he hold over The Trembling hands of district attorneys, judges and police officials?

He also exercises a total grip over the allocation of the DPJ s state subsidy to individual DPJ legislators.

Now the only change he wants to make is to the constitution, so that he can retain his hold on power.

George shook his fist at Newcastle and said You are a rascal I shall find you out!

Musharraf clamped down on some religious militants operating inside Pakistan and also on those fighting Indian forces in Kashmir.

Once again, a pro American autocrat seems to be rapidly losing his grip on power, with his US ally only half heartedly standing by him.

A second later, with a big thumb and a well calloused forefinger, he had the scrotum firmly in his grasp.

If Zenawi consolidates his hold on power in the parliamentary elections due this May, the world should expect the stability that he has brought to take deeper root.

From then on, Musharraf seems genuinely to have tried to clamp down on the Frankenstein s monster that he had sustained as an instrument of Pakistani policy.

In his brutal way, Assad may be right that only his iron grip keeps the country together.

We should aim high, for has it not been said that man's reach should exceed his grasp, for what else are heavens for?

But China s rulers only sometimes embrace the designation and the Party still sometimes behaves as if it had only a tenuous hold on power.

To think that the boy that I helped to raise, the boy that I taught to hold a firm wrist behind a true point, has turned into a puppy!

One remembers Hitler, who, while his own party did not quite get 50 of the vote, could base his seizure of power on a parliamentary majority.

The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin s likely successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is Chairman of Gazprom leaves little doubt about the Kremlin s determination to maintain an iron grip on the energy sector.

And as I drive through a neighborhood, say, where people got a lotta, I'll take a mockingbird I caught in a neighborhood where folks ain't got nada and just let it go, you know.

In the face of a cooling economy and in the midst of a leadership transition, the CCP seems to think that cracking down on the Internet is the best way to hold its grip on power.

He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests and he shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD

These resignations have sparked outrage from opposition bloggers who believe that the Kremlin is reneging on promises to loosen its grip on central power.

His account is symptomatic of the fears that many secular Turks harbour as Erdogan begins the inevitable process of strengthening control following the coup.

That is not too tall an order, and, in any case, as has been said, man's reach should exceed his grasp, for what else are heavens for?

Invisible! and so forth, and a young fellow, a stranger in the place whose name did not come to light, rushed in at once, caught something, missed his hold, and fell over the constable's prostrate body.

He decided to stay in Baba Amr even after the Syrian army re captured the neighborhood after bombing it for three months.

If the husband falsely claims that his wife was not a virgin and she seeks a separation, she may keep any dower and trousseau that she received

There is now also the beginning of a hard landing in emerging markets as the recession in advanced economies, falling commodity prices, and capital flight take their toll on growth.

This worked for some time, but an alleged attempt to involve the United States more openly in Pakistani politics weakened, rather than strengthened, his hold on power.

In January each year the cold Humboldt current that makes Galapagos so dry, loosens its grip and gives way to warm water from the north

Under Khamenei s leadership, an unholy trinity of nouveau riche Revolutionary Guardsmen, hard line clergymen, and indoctrinated Basij militiamen increasingly wield power.