1. [n]  the oppressive influence of past events of decisions
2. [n]  real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)

Dead Hand
A fearless team of NATO special-ops commandos are air-dropped into Siberia in the aftermath of an asteroid impact that has devastated the region. Their mission: to take out General Likatchev, a nationalist lunatic who has commandeered a Cold War era nuclear defense system that could wipe out half of the global population.

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