21.   The pilot would never be able to relax his grip on the control stick for more than a moment, or the plane would drift off course and descend.

22.   With her mother out of sight, the child relaxed her grip.

23.   But Roman Catholic officials hope he will succeed in persuading Abacha to relax his grip on the nation.

24.   But on Friday, they relaxed their grip and allowed some businesses, including the Lesotho Bank, to open, the South African Press Association reported.

25.   Despite the move, there was no sign the government plans to relax its grip on power.

26.   Hanoi has relaxed its grip somewhat in recent years, freeing a number of prominent dissidents and allowing more religious freedom.

27.   His father also tried to pursue economic reform without relaxing his grip on politics.

28.   Jiang gave no sign that the party plans to relax its grip on power.

29.   Shops, factories and banks opened Wednesday as the opposition relaxed its grip over the nation during a nonstop strike to unseat Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

30.   The government relaxed its grip on media coverage across Azerbaijan on Tuesday for the first time since the accident.