In this, Graham Swift's breakthrough novel of 1983, the flat, liquid landscape of the Fens holds the teenage protagonists in a vice-like grip.

在1983年的这部格雷厄姆·斯威夫特的突破性小说中，Fens平坦清澈的风景紧紧拥抱着少年主人公。

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But assuming it does fall - and few doubt that it will - what then will be the next step of the Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, who has run his organisation over the years with a vice-like grip?

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Eventually, a political opposition may arise in Singapore to challenge the vice-like grip that the People's Action Party has had on the country since independence in 1965.

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