Yet no one seriously contemplates a Europe in the grips of war.
The EU is in the grips of a major financial crisis with out-of-control PIIGS debt and deficits, especially with Greece at the moment.
Everywhere people wonder when the aftershocks to the stock market will cease and whether the nation is in the grips of recession--or something worse.
Since the terms will inevitably mean cuts in public budgets, countries already in the grips of deep recessions will not want to agree to it.
The economy as a whole provides a somewhat better environment than it was during the 2009 talks when we were still fully in the grips of a recession.
Back then, the nation was in the grips of another Iran-related oil crisis, and to many, this highway through the Utah desert seemed like the road to energy security.
At our first meeting, in London, with the world in the grips of the worst financial crisis of our time, we acted boldly and swiftly to bring our economy back from the brink.
My own opinion, and I stress that this is personal opinion, not something the result of deep academic study, is that the Portuguese economy is in the grips of the professional upper middle classes.
Not to mention that these record margins on record sales would be achieved in a global economy in the grips of an extended deleveraging process with much of the developed world entering recession or battling depression.
Much of this comes in the language of the game, in the syntax of grips and spins, and in the vocabulary of volleys and lobs.
The hand stitching is a nice touch on the Dapper Dan leather grips and feels substantive in the palm.
Far harder, however, has been the task of getting to grips with violent crime in the banlieues.
Turkey's foreign minister believes that the failure so far to get to grips with the war in Syria is already a "serious failure".
Even in the sort of murky postcommunism that grips much of the country today, many Chinese still see skiing as an elite sport in the same category as horseback riding, golf and tennis.
She is in no mood to answer such a question early in her visit, not until she comes to grips with the complexity of what is in store for her.
"What I fault the Republican Congress in doing is not coming to grips with this issue before it becomes dangerous to the economy, " Greenspan tells Robert Siegel.
The international group of researchers, who have published a series of articles in The Lancet, said no country had yet got to grips with the problem.
In the afternoon, they get to grips with factory equipment that has been shipped from Rover's former Longbridge plant.
Whether Roosevelt, Nixon, Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, every second-term president must in time come to grips with the reality that it can't be about just his agenda or just him.
But the devil is in the detail: how a dock is built, how it grips to the tablet, and what extra functions it brings.
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Two weeks after the team's double third-lap retirement in Malaysia, Button could not get to grips with the circuit, though he did finish one place ahead of team-mate Takuma Sato.
The FCC needs to come to grips with the fact that its policies are in conflict with these technological trends and the associated economies of scale in the supply of wireless services.
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Chester were unable to get to grips with the game in the first half as Mark Beesley's left-foot effort from 20 yards forced the only save from Ian Bowling.
The Lions have struggled at the breakdown so far in South Africa but the Munster lock believes his side are getting to grips with the contact area.
It said the NHS had to get to grips with the issue as such services were essential in meeting the "challenges posed by an ageing population and tighter financial constraints".
The new design sees subtle changes to the controller, which gets a more ergonomic form with extended grips and a tapered shape to better sit in the hand.
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Part of the reason for the increase in investor risk appetite recently has been optimism regarding the European Union leaders coming to grips with their debt and financial crisis.
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That is, us, ourselves, in voluntary association, getting to grips with the errors and omissions of the universe around us.
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That's why we will continue to fight for the cause of clean energy, an economy that will free ourselves from the grips of foreign oil and generate millions of good jobs and good wages in the process.
Removing it clears the way for the real work of getting to grips with the causes of the underrepresentation of blacks and Hispanics in higher education.
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