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Mr Al Hassan is due to meet Jhoots bosses this month, but he said the NHS also needed to get a handle on the issues.

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I’m optimistic that through charter reform we can make more of these districts, bring the ratio of representatives to represented to a more reasonable number, make political participation more meaningful, and get a handle on the corruption that really plagues our city.

But from its premiere in December 2021, the sequel to the popular HBO series was like a situationship viewers could never fully get a handle on.

“Everyone is scrambling to get a handle on the changes.”

The Simi Valley Police Department urged members of the public to avoid the area as fire crews worked to get a handle on the blaze.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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