Word: grab
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...been targeting Israeli positions - before pulling back less than a day later after rare U.S. criticism. Secretary of State Colin Powell termed the offensive an "excessive and disproportionate" retaliation to Palestinian attacks, but also criticized the Palestinians for precipitating violence. In tougher language, the E.U. denounced the bungled land grab - in which orchards were bulldozed, dozens of homes were destroyed and one man was killed - as an "illegal" act that "must not be repeated." At week's end, police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians in Jerusalem, residents of the Palestinian territories braced for further bombardments and Israeli officials were embroiled...
Unlike Fuji, which views the Net as just another outlet for its retailers, Kodak is making a concerted effort to grab online photo consumers. To Kodak's eye, info imaging, as it has dubbed the digital space, remains more of an opportunity than threat, representing a vast market worth $225 billion, catering to everyone from real estate brokers to doctors who want to incorporate digital photos into their work. "Images," says Patricia Russo, a former Lucent executive who has just joined Kodak as its president, "are the most powerful form of communication...
...Other businesses—and it’s my argument that the majority of failed and struggling dotcoms fit in this category—simply got seduced by the land grab rhetoric of 1998 and 1999. In the middle of Web hype fever, startups were going to take over the world in 18 months, and anyone who wasn’t burning cash by the barrel to get an early lead was dead meat. Consider Kozmo.com. Their idea—Web-based, immediate delivery of videos, food and certain household goods—certainly encountered strong demand, especially...
...Pure Morning”— “A friend in need’s a friend indeed/ A friend with weed is better”? Well, the boys from Britain are back with Black Market Music. Although it doesn’t immediately grab the listener with the catchy rock tunes of their 1998 release, Without You I’m Nothing, Black Market Music is much more musically complex. The album has a definite alternative flavour, with heavier use of guitars with little respite. However, the band does experiment considerably, deviating from their previous songs with...
...Huskies right fielder Todd Korchin made a spectacular grab, reaching over the outfield wall to rob Lopez-who had knocked in the game-winning run for Harvard against Holy Cross last Wednesday-of the go-ahead homer...