Word: snag
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York City in all its roach-and-racketeering misery. The directors neatly capture the alternately plodding and explosive rhythm of police work. But ultimately the show is a one-man operation. "Kojak is Telly," says Universal Television's Vice President Tom Tannenbaum, who chased Savalas around Europe to snag him for the part. "He's a suave, bright guy who always gives you the forbidding feeling that he can get very tough...
...signing of the treaty with Czechoslovakia was originally scheduled for September 6, but it has been twice postponed. The reason for this snag is quite simple; Czechoslovakia is not willing to recognize the right of the West German government to represent the interests of West Berlin. Their claim is that the Allied agreement of 1971 does not mean that institutions of West Berlin, such as courts and business corporations, are part of the German Federal Republic, and they refuse to grant permission for a West German embassy in Prague to represent these institutions. This was unacceptable to Brandt, and after...
...night the President talked to six Senators in the third-floor solarium of the White House. His listeners reported that he had promised to make his tax returns public within a few days. Next day, however, Operation Candor hit another snag when Deputy Press Secretary Warren said that Nixon had not yet decided whether to release the full returns or only "information" from the returns...
...That snag aside, unless his confirmation gets tangled in the struggle between the White House and Congress over the selection of a new Watergate special prosecutor, Saxbe should have little trouble in winning the approval of his fellow Senators on the Judiciary Committee. Few potential nominees could make that claim since committee members are seething with anger over Nixon's dismissal of Archibald Cox, whose job they created last May as part of an agreement reached during the confirmation of former Attorney General Elliot Richardson...
...muncher. The 24 Restaurant, next door to Elsie's has had more facelifts in the last few years than practically any place around, and now it is better than ever: Greek salads heavy with feta cheeze and cheezy thick Greek pizza, the kind that leaves strings dangling when you snag a bite...