1.   Military defeat and repeated attacks from the air have not weakened his grip on power.

2.   A return to more typical showers will occur Tuesday afternoon as high pressure northeast of the area weakens its grip on the eastern Caribbean.

3.   But Djukanovic and unrest in the Serbian province of Kosovo recently have weakened his grip.

4.   But there has been no indication that the North Korean regime is willing to make fundamental economic reforms that could weaken its grip on power.

5.   International officials have indicated they want to weaken the grip of hard-liners on all sides before the next elections, scheduled for September.

6.   The sale of the company to a Japanese electronics firm weakened his grip.

7.   The United States maintains the bombing, now in its fifth week, has disrupted Taliban defenses and weakened their grip on the country.