21.   The single image that voters were not supposed to see this season was that of one political figure grasping the hand of another and holding it aloft.

22.   Through all the revelations of deceit, his wife steadfastly grasps his hand.

23.   Tree branches and palm fronds reach across the tile walkway, as if to grasp hands in the middle, keeping away the curious.

24.   When Valerie Steele, the acting director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, met Evangeline Morphos last week, she grasped her hand eagerly.

25.   But instead of venting hatred, Lomax and Takashi Nagase grasp hands.

26.   He and Russian President Boris Yeltsin grasped hands and held an animated conversation just before the summit opened.

27.   Her son, still grasping her hand, falls with her, and he wails in terror.

28.   In a rare show of unity, opposition leaders grasped hands on the podium.

29.   Many U.S. lawmakers were eager to grasp the hand of the Korean leader, who rose to the presidency after a turbulent career in opposition to military governments.

30.   One grasped his hand as the former leader walked slowly across the hotel lobby, smiling and gesturing.