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Republicans are right that campaign finance reform is "class warfare": It would wrest from the hands of the moneyed elite the disproportionate political power it now wields.
Buchanan and Ross Perot are both economic populists, Gigot explains, and by nominating Buchanan Perot can wrest control of the party from Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who opposes Buchanan's nomination.
Even David Halberstam, who wrote a book about Jordan's exploits during his last season, couldn't wrest an interview from him.
In 1866 the islanders rose up once again to wrest control of their land from the Turks.
But as Peter Stevenson notes in the New York Observer , the point "feels a bit tired by now," and Sontag's preface fails in its attempt to "wrest Ms.