Word: grab
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...taxi dropped me off on a nearby street lined with restaurants, I was accosted by a woman who insisted on walking with me, then demanded money for her time. When I refused, she shoved her hand into my jacket pocket and tussled furiously with me in an effort to grab my cash. I got away, my money intact but my jacket in tatters, and headed back to the cocoon of my hotel...
...Here, Nagin's chances of victory are far better, should a conviction or resignation leave the seat open in 2008. But Nagin would likely face some serious competition, from candidates who ran against Jefferson last time around or from other New Orleans area lawmakers sensing a rare opportunity to grab an open seat - one whom could be Jalila Jefferson, one of the congressman's five daughters and a member of the state legislature...
...select cities with imaging equipment and drove the streets, snapping photos of everything in sight. At maps.google.com, users can drag a human figurine over one of the highlighted streets in those cities, and a window will open that displays the photo taken at that very spot. Users can then grab the image and spin it, turning 360 degrees to get a virtual tour of a given neighborhood, or click on a series of arrows to move up or down the street, one photo at a time...
...Principles of Economics,” Summers has been active at the Kennedy School, where he now has an office. He delivered a fall lecture in a faculty luncheon series, and has been giving his colleagues feedback on their work. Zeckhauser drops by Summers’ office regularly to grab a Diet Coke and to talk shop—the two are currently working on a paper on global warming...
...tatami mat by the entire family, is increasingly rare, thanks to long hours at work and at school, and social changes that have resulted in more women working out of the home and delaying marriage. With limited time and inclination for balanced home cooking, many people simply grab prepackaged meals at ubiquitous convenience stores, or down fattening fast food. That has nutritionists and public officials fearing that knowledge of traditional Japanese cooking - and eating -is being lost. "I think we're in a crisis situation now," says Nobuo Harada, a food expert at Kokushikan University outside Tokyo...