Word: grab
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...Keenan and the six auto-body shops he owns in suburban Philadelphia may look unassuming, but they are, in fact, battlegrounds in the latest incarnation of the rental-car wars--a fight to grab neighborhood business from market leader Enterprise Rent-A-Car. For years, Keenan was a loyal promoter of Enterprise rentals to customers who needed a replacement car. Then he got a call from Hertz, which was looking to branch away from Philadelphia's airport and downtown and into the local market. After thorough negotiating, including a driving tour to show a Hertz executive the locations...
...heartland of the east, some 700 km from Kiev, anger about the election's annulment is still rife. Most people here voted for Yanukovych, and for nine nights running, demonstrators gathered in Lenin Square to denounce "the vile Americans who hired their vile agent Yushchenko to split Ukraine and grab it piecemeal," as one recent speaker put it. Leading eastern politicians are threatening to secede and join Russia if Yushchenko wins. Says Alexander Zats, a member of the Donetsk regional legislature: "Should our legitimate concerns be ignored, the people may take matters into their own hands." In western Ukraine, Yushchenko...
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...Whether you want to look for parallels between past and present, ask "But is it art?" or pass the time checking out works with a dynamic beauty, there's something at the Tates to grab everyone. tel: (44-20) 7887 8888; www.tate.org.uk
Cromwell also went on to grab more points in the 200-yard freestyle, and he then finished seventh in the 100-yard butterfly. Sophomore Joc Christian also helped his team by placing eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke...