Word: grab
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard came out strong in the second half,outscoring Hartford, 11-2, to grab a 37-36 lead.But the Crimson hit only five field goals theentire half, and Hartford turned its game up anotch. The Hawks played tenacious defense and shotat a 52 percent clip after intermission...
They exercise it with delicious subtlety. Walter's children and friends would be startled if they could hear him bellowing Stouthearted Men in the privacy of his car. Or see him make a sudden lurching grab for his wife in the ; privacy of their bedroom one hot summer's day. These urges do not surprise him. He is entirely aware of his secret life, and really quite pleased with it. But that's his business and no one else...
...million, and folded two money-losing afternoon newspapers there into morning counterparts to save $20 million a year. He closed a proposed U.S. magazine, Men's Life, after a single test issue. Says Murdoch: "Newsstand sales were not enough to justify having any more issues, and it didn't grab...
Sure, cable, independent stations and VCRs have been eating away at the network audience for much of the past decade. The remote-control device too has made viewers pickier: shows that don't grab their attention are zapped away in an instant. But the networks' woes have accelerated alarmingly this fall. Of the 22 shows introduced by ABC, CBS and NBC, not a single one is a bona fide hit. (The only new show that ranks in the Nielsen Top 30, America's Funniest People, is merely an appendage of an already established hit, America's Funniest Home Videos...
...many TV producers, has been a rather confused quest for unusual shows. "The question is always, 'Why is this show different?' " says David Gerber, president of MGM/UA Television. "((Network programmers)) are worried that they might get a well-executed show but that it won't be different enough to grab the audience." Says another producer: "The networks seem to have lost their compass. They're crying out for new stuff. But they're not sure what 'new' is or what to do with it when they find...