Sentences with phrase «iron grip of»

You can lament that the iron grip of Realtors on information vital to a buyer is readily available on the net, or you can embrace it.

Frankly, it shocked me that the device failed like that — it's not like I've got the iron grip of a robot.

The warmth of our fields and gardens would pour itself unrequited into space, and the sun would rise upon an island held fast in the iron grip of frost â ¦ its presence would check the earth's loss; its absence without sensibly altering the transparency of the air, would open wide a door for the escape of the earth's heat into infinitude.»

I see it as a good example of the first game of a former game journalist; lots of novel and fresh mechanics, lots of idealism, but didn't quite have the iron grip of a seasoned design veteran.

The Communist government in East Germany is on the brink, desperately clinging to power through the iron grip of the Stasi.

Turning to more human characters, Beast presents audiences with Moll (Jessie Buckley), a troubled young woman struggling under the iron grip of her controlling mother.

In the iron grip of the military, drones have acquired a reputation as flying dealers of death.

On the one hand, this is just the House, which, in the iron grip of the Tea Party, is spitting out one destructive piece of legislation after another.

The human mass is spiritually warmed and illumined by the iron grip of planetary compression; and the warming, whereby the rays of individual interaction expand, induces a further increase, in a kind of recoil, of the compression which was its cause... and so on, in a chain - reaction of increasing rapidity.

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Dark Iron Fitness featured this Ultimate Body Press model on its list of the best ceiling mounted pull - up bars because of its solid construction and multiple grip handles.

As growing numbers of TV watchers either cut the cord entirely or opt for what cable providers like to call «skinny bundles,» ESPN's iron grip on viewers and subscribers is being questioned in a way it never has in the past.

Almost 70 percent of the equity confers no voting rights, while the Murdoch family's 14 percent ownership gives them 39 percent of the votes — and Murdoch an iron grip.

Guess your precious votes essentially ruined the GOP primaries for nothing (as the proceedings of the primaries, even, were an indication that they are losing the iron grip over the national GOP that they never really had as well, despite their obnoxious attempts to show that they owned it).

Even if the law of karma does not have the iron grip sometimes assumed by outsiders, it does emphasize moral responsibility and that every action has its effect.

It actually feels like there is a change of grip on the long irons, but there isn't — it's just a stronger grip.

With the ball sitting at thigh level, he gripped a high - iron on the steel of the shaft, dug his feet into the sand and made a perfect swing, keeping his shoulders level as he rotated them back and forth.

It bends the shaft of a violent four - iron, loosens the grip on a well - honed nine.

Lear's is a concrete court of 20th - century totalitarianism — a high - Stalinist aesthetic — with the withering old dictator losing his iron grip not only on the regime, but also his senses.

Mugabe's iron grip ended in a shock announcement to parliament where MPs had convened to impeach the 93 - year - old who dominated every aspect of Zimbabwean public life for decades.

As the 39th Ordinary Congress of the Confederation of African football, CAF, in Addis Ababa, the chance of a life time beckons on Madagascar's Ahmad to beat the gangling Camerounian whose long stay in office coupled with his iron grip on CAF has thrown up a group of fiery younger generation who for the first time will present a serious challenge to Hayatou.

While Silver has held an iron grip on the Assembly through a previous coup attempt and several scandals, Democrats said his removal became «inevitable» because of the cloud of the corruption charges.

With all of this talk recently about Block Weight Training, such as Blobs, Fatman Blobs, Fatman Clones, and the Iron Grip Monster, it can be pretty easy to think that you either have to spend an exorbitant amount of money in order to develop Grip Strength through block weight training, or you have to completely ruin one of your perfectly good dumbbells by cutting one of the heads off.

AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH PEWTER CANDLESTICKS like iron grip holder arising from a block of wood.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice begins by running us through young Bruce Wayne's oft - documented parental trauma once more before catching up with him as an embittered, incredibly ripped fortysomething who's maybe losing his grip a little, living down the road from the burned remains of Wayne Manor with his butler - turned - co-conspirator Alfred (Jeremy Irons).

It's the height of Stalin's iron fisted grip in the early 1950s.

Like most superhero movies, Thor: Ragnarok also had a lot of use of the green screen and CGI, but thanks once again to Taika Watiti's iron grip on the art of filmmaking and stunning cinematography by Javier Aguirresarobe, none of it seems too much.

Veep creator Armando Iannucci's blistering new comedy of errors begins with a heart attack that loosens Joseph Stalin's iron grip on Russia; his cabinet members promptly rush to fill the power vacuum left in his wake.

Though the clips featured in the latest Mad Men promo from AMC all come from last season (because as we all know, creator Matthew Weiner keeps an iron grip around most of the promotional material), the message is still clear: moving forward, things are...

In the world of Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, the sinister Empire holds dominion, controlling the consumption of sushi with an iron grip, and denying it entirely to the inhabitants of the vanquished Republic.

Based on true events, the drama follows a special force of LAPD officers who are tasked with breaking the mob's iron grip on the city of Los Angeles.

With her third Oscar nomination by the age of 23, Ronan has an iron grip on any next - generation - of - Hollywood titles.

Let's explore the sources and consequences of the iron grip school districts typically enjoy over the financing, development, ownership, and deployment of public school facilities — and some promising strategies for breaking it.

``, Smith explores «the sources and consequences of the iron grip school districts typically enjoy over the financing, development, ownership, and deployment of public school facilities — and some promising strategies for breaking it.»

Traditional districts retain an «iron grip» on ownership and deployment of school buildings.

For me, there is almost too much grip — the CLS63 lacks the beautiful subtlety of adjustment that you can enjoy in the very best AMG cars (the SLS and C63), but you still get to the end of a road in awe of the brutish speed you've just carried through the corners and the iron - fisted composure of such a big car.

While the Haldex all - wheel - drive system balances the weight distribution and provides low - loss transfer for the power and torque, the springs and dampers unite in a convincing display of iron - fisted control, masking the Golf's bulk with resolute grip and surprising agility.

What is it: The 2018 Subaru WRX STI is a compact sedan that clings to the world of driving feel with an iron grip.

Instead of relying purely on magnetism, two deep grooves fit into notched tabs on the keyboard, which provides an iron grip.

Contrast that with a state that has a Rate Bureau maintaining an iron grip on renters insurance rates in the state, and you'll see how different types of regulation can lead to not only different rates, but also to greater or lesser availability of coverage in the state.

Homefront draws up the scenario where the Koreans have indeed invaded the US seventeen years from now, and what's left of American life (at least from what we can see) has been forced into a small housing area, hiding away from the Korean iron grip.

Nintendo would eventually relax its iron grip on taste, signing off on god knows how many uses of the word «fuck» in Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Sony seems to be losing some of its iron grip on the current console market.

Perhaps that is because they felt stifled by the company's iron grip on its employees and the sense that they were viewed not as valuable workers but potential sources of information leaks.

In Iron Grip: Lords of Atelia, you play as the leader of a rebel group.

Have you ever dreamed of what it would be like to hold the galaxy in an iron grip?

Sinks filled with soap paintings that slowly dissolve beneath running water and a tangled iron sculpture gripped by giant fists, à la Incredible Hulk, were among the highlights of Ahearn's spring exhibition at Milan nonprofit Peep - Hole — her first solo exhibition at an institution.

Former LBC Wise Counsel chief executive and general counsel Paul Gilbert backs the need for legal to put pressure on the «iron grip» of IT departments over process and technology services.

Sony seems to be losing some of its iron grip on the current console market.

The Korean tech giant which rules smartphones markets across most of the world with an iron grip is likely to announce its next Note device, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 at its unpacked event on Wednesday.