He resumed the grip, and with a mighty effort, grunting and groaning and with some perspiration, emitted a strained "Aarrgh!" and a guttural, "No way!" My feet never left the ground.
Last week, there was much attention focused on the impact that continued reductions in Lake Michigan's already historic low water levels might have on the Chicago River if the mighty drought gripping the region were to continue.
Certainly, such a future is by no means ensured because religion holds a mighty and tenacious grip on the human psyche.
Once upon a time, in a land far far away, a man grabbed ahold of his trouser's waistband and, with a mighty kung fu death grip that Bruce Lee would envy, hiked 'em up nipple level high.
It presents an almost religious struggle between Japan, portrayed as a puny but fearless and resplendent mounted warrior wielding a glowing sword, and a steroidal sci-fi monster that looms over him, breathing fire and gripping a mighty weapon, an implacable symbol of the United States.
The November election may make political history: this is considered the Democrats' best chance in decades to seize the office from a once-mighty Republican machine whose grip on this suburban Long Island county -- and its hundreds of patronage jobs and millions of dollars in contracts -- has weakened in the midst of the financial crisis.
Some of the dialogue is occasionally strained, but the issues are mighty and the production gripping.
Though I felt like helpless Jane longing for Tarzan's mighty strength, I just gripped on to those rings as strongly as I could and tried to carry my momentum to get across the water.
The calculation was that his desire to be the next tenant of Number 10 was more likely to be advanced by maintaining his grip on the mighty tentacles of the Treasury rather than being the person put on the plane when the prime minister can't be bothered.
But even when (and perhaps especially when) artists drift out of tune on live TV, or find that their bodies and schedules have failed them at the last minute, it's a last vestige of the kind of animal fear that can grip even the mighty Adele when they get in front of a crowd.
