Word: grab
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Haji Zaman spent years fighting as a mujahedin commander during the anti-Soviet war. But when the Taliban came to power, he scurried into exile in France. Now fortunes are shifting again, and Zaman has come back to the frontier city of Peshawar, Pakistan, to join others looking to grab power after the Taliban falls. Sitting in the shady, walled garden of his villa last week, Zaman said, "We don't need meetings and more meetings. Now we need practical action...
...exorcizing the demons that possessed them in earlier in the week. If this game was played in Salem, they would have stoned him, too. By the end of the third inning, the score read 12-0. By the end of the fourth It was 15-0. The Yanks would grab a couple of souvenir runs off Johnson in the sixth, but they were still down two touchdowns...
...legislation was needed to require the sharing of crucial information. His sentiment was echoed by Philadelphia police commissioner John Timoney, who says, "It's my sense that these terrorists are obviously going to screw up somewhere along the line, and it's not going to be the feds that grab them-it's going to be local...
...that and more. It is a tautly paced thriller that doesn’t just grab the viewer’s attention, it seizes it with a CGI-enhanced grip and never lets go. It is a visual feast, a riot of apocalyptic imagery and beautifully photographed shots. It is an action film that would redefine rather than retread. It is a compelling story, it is a character-driven epic. As the power-mad rogue Yulaw (Jet Li) declares, “There has never been anything like what I have become...
...offside position who doesn’t play the ball is not offsides, so they stopped, and we didn’t, and we kept going and knocked it home,” Wheaton said. “I’m happy to grab it. I’ll take it We haven’t been getting a lot of breaks, so it’s nice to get one today...