These are basic movements many of us take for granted: a tri-pod grip to pick up a pen, or hand-shake grip for business meetings, said Miguelez, who has fitted hundreds of amputees with prosthetic devices.

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In Nevada, we have no idea what the events and places will be, so the Democratic Party is trying to help candidates know when some small town is having, you know, some kind of steer roping or whatever, and the candidates are trying to figure out what's the place where the locals hang out and I can shake hands and grip and grin, is it Bagel Mania?

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Not even an earthquake, it seems, can shake the monopolists' grip.

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Even so, Steinberg doubts whether the price cut will provide enough upsurge to counter the PlayStation 3's growing sales momentum or to shake the Wii's grip on the public mindset.

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He puts his hand out to shake your hand, and it's this wonderful warm grip.

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Many an education minister has tried to shake it up, but failed, usually because of the grip of the teachers' unions.

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Back in May this year, Transport Minister Kim Howells promised a radical shake-up of the railways in a bid to tighten the government's grip on the way the industry was run.

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