Word: grab
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Brown leads the Ivy League with a 3-0 record. The Bears took an important early-season Ivy match from Dartmouth to grab the lead...
...what are these lists there for? Chiefly, it appears, to spark controversy and sales, particularly when Bloom gets around to handing out pass-fail grades to 20th century writers (see box). But for all the prepublication hype it has aroused, Bloom's back-of-the-book grab bag of ancient and modern writers forms the least interesting part of The Western Canon...
...dead, but it's not; it's just underground, disguised as songwriting. Once, a reclusive Emily Dickinson could spin out her feathery verses and send them next door to her sister-in-law, content to preserve her New England obscurity. Today a would-be Dickinson is more likely to grab a guitar, put together a backup band and hit the road. That was precisely the path taken by Nanci Griffith, a wide-eyed Texas waif who may just be one of America's best poets -- and for sure is one of its best songwriters...
...which is where she gets her best musical ideas. "I do most of my writing on the road," she says. "It doesn't matter where I am. It all comes at one time, words and music. I think of my songs as little gifts that I reach out and grab. They just happen...
Many Republicans in California have not embraced Huffington. He got a lukewarm reception at a recent G.O.P. state convention, although they appreciate his deep pockets. Many are suspicious of his decision to run for the Senate after scarcely eight months in the House and fear that he may grab at the presidency with the same restlessness. So far, Dannemeyer has refused to promise the usual endorsement of the winner. A month ago, Barney Klinger, a wealthy Republican industrialist who has entertained Nixon and Reagan in his house, held a fund raiser that made $100,000 -- for Feinstein. Says Klinger: "Michael...