Word: grab
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...will to try their hardest? Gratitude, perhaps, for being paid so well? It was only a few years ago that cricket learnt a hard lesson - players engaged in matches of which the result scarcely matters to them are vulnerable to the charms of bookmakers. In this latest unseemly grab for cash, that lesson appears to have been forgotten already...
...into a second bottle of Barolo when Clooney cuts into his rack of lamb, and, oh, there would be blood. This is why a star wouldn't take this invite, wouldn't be here, staring at a red-raw-inedible piece of meat. He says it's fine. I grab it, put it in the oven but forget to turn on the heat, so when I take it back out, it's just as raw. Fine again, he says. I put it back one more time. He takes more pasta and salad. Rattled, I drop the salt. "Throw it over...
...floodgate of orders for its military hardware. During the Cold War, India relied on the Soviet Union for most of its arms, and Russia is still India's biggest supplier. Now U.S. companies want to cash in on closer political and strategic ties between America and India and grab a much bigger slice of India's defense spending...
...Baumann showing his talents on both ends of the court. Dives out of nowhere to grab the steal off of Housman's pass. The Crimson's Doug Miller, recently inserted into the game, asserts himself in the paint and rejects Baumann. On the other end, Miller draws a foul and makes one out of two free throws. (Columbia now has 19 team fouls) Columbia 51, Harvard...
...Nick Petrecki manages to grab a puck off the boards at the blue line and get past Brian McCafferty for a wide-open look at Richter, and hits paydirt to put his team up 3-2. Petrecki's first goal of the season...