Russia is in the grip of the worst drought in over a century of record keeping.
Set in 1921, The Awakening is a portrait of England in the grip of post-war trauma.
The leaders of Zimbabwe and Namibia took turns haranguing western leaders, especially Britain's Tony Blair, for meddling in the continent, even though southern Africa, much of which is in the grip of famine, depends on foreign help to feed around 14m people.
Juan Bonet lifts his wine glass into the sunlight, tilts it to one side and squints into the velvety red liquid with the expression of a man in the grip of a profound pleasure.
In the spring of 1984 I relocated to New York City, then in the grip of a historic rush centered on Wall Street.
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We discovered that the U.S. is in the grip of the most devastating epidemic of investment swindles and near-swindles in its history.
According to Fintan O'Toole, columnist at the Irish Times, the softening of the public stance on abortion seems to reflect, in part, this weakening grip of Catholicism in the Republic of Ireland following the Church's child abuse scandal.
But the rest of the city was in the grip of an epidemic of crime, with more than 20, 000 major incidents being reported every year.
London (CNN) -- Swaths of northern Europe were in the grip of snow, ice and high winds Tuesday, causing serious disruption to road, rail and air travelers.
In addition to the Turner seascape, in which we can see early signs of the artist's late swirling abstractions, the MFAH show includes two rare hunting scenes by Gainsborough, and a thrilling Edwin Henry Landseer picture of a heron caught in the grip of a hawk.
But Calabria remains firmly in the grip of the 'Ndrangheta, and Naples and its surrounding region of Campania are still in thrall to the Camorra (see article).
Yet too much of our wireless spectrum remains in the grip of the broadcasting industry.
Then, as if they had reached for a sizzling clothesline in the middle of an electrical storm, one by one they began to jerk, convulsing in the grip of unseen power.
Parts of western Europe and the UK were in the grip of freak weather from the north Atlantic.
Fifty years ago, at the dawn of nuclear power, Wall Street was in the grip of a uranium-mining fever, with stocks and even mutual funds cropping up to take investors' money.
Heir to the helm of the Revolutionary Democratic Party, once in the grip of Noriega, Perez Balladares has appointed Noriega's former Foreign Minister, Jorge Ritter, as his Minister for Canal Affairs and chairman of the new 11-member Panama Canal Authority, the agency that will run the facility after 2000.
While the original family-run roasters still prosper, and most of Australia remains content with a simple latte or short black (perfectly made, of course), the cities are now in the grip of coffee's third wave: single origin beans, premium small batch roasts, terroir and alternative brewing methods such as the Clover syphon, filter and cold drip.
The U.S. economy remains in the grip of a growth recession, and there is no relief in sight.
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Syria is in the grip of chronic fuel shortages, and motorists often wait for hours in queues at petrol stations.
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The immediate purpose of the repeal of the Corn Laws was to help the Irish peasantry caught in the grip of the potato famine.
Parts of northern India, including the capital Delhi, have been in the grip of intense heat and there have been severe water shortages as the rains are late.
In the grip of both a humanitarian catastrophe and an economic crisis, Zimbabwe is once again in limbo.
Of course, conservatives are correct to point out that too many liberals and progressives remain in the grip of their own wildly exaggerated fears.
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Bain has surely made its share of mistakes, and one may well have been trying to resuscitate a traditional steel firm in the grip of industry upheaval.
The UK is in the grip of its longest cold snap for almost 30 years, and extreme or severe weather warnings are still in place across the UK for both snow and ice.
Britain as a whole is not in the grip of some general 'moral decline'.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, it seems, are caught in the grip of the On-Off relationship.
Helpless in the grip of their own self-delusion, the slave owners undermined their own cause.
With Obama rising in polls while the country struggles in the grip of a financial crisis, Sen.
Greece is in the grip of a years-long recession, and many people are struggling to make ends meet.
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