Word: grab
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...Crimson offense, hampered a bit by the sluggish conditions on the pitch, was fairly pedestrian during the first half of play. Harvard managed to grab the early advantage through a goal by freshman forward Andre Akpan in the 28th minute but missed an opportunity to double their lead after junior forward Matt Hoff hit the cross bar on a penalty kick...
...look at it and go ‘what the fuck?’” So if Facebook is starting to seem too impersonal, get off your laptop and head to Toscanini’s for some good old-fashioned face-to-board-to-face communication. Grab a latte while you’re at it, and post an offer to buy one for the hot blonde at the next table...
...dispossessed, the victim of piling-on by outside forces, and rally those still living outside the city to the cause. Nagin, however, had one advantage that Jefferson lacks: his chief opponents in the mayoral race were white, making it easy for him to portray the contest as a power grab in a demographically shaken "chocolate city," as he so memorably put it. Jefferson's major challengers, on the other hand, are African-American...
Parker's characters are so tough and self-assured, you want to grab the lapels of their leather jackets and tell them, as Max Eastman once told Hemingway, to come out from behind the false hair on their chest. But Parker is always a breezy read, and in this, his 34th Spenser mystery, the macho posturing is tempered by a plot that turns on his hero's vulnerability and one of his good deeds gone bad. A runaway he rescued from a life of low-rent prostitution (by putting her in the care of a high-priced madam...
...heart-breaking buzzer-beater brought the perfect weekend to an end as Iona College toppled Harvard 13-12 in overtime. IONA 13, HARVARD 12 (OT) The Crimson faced tough opposition on Sunday morning. With time slowing slipping away, Harvard fought from a 9-7 deficit late in regulation to grab the lead over Iona. “We just cracked down on defense,” senior Michael Garcia said, “and turned it into offense.” With only two ticks left on the clock, Gael sophomore Patrick St. Cin scored to force the game into...