Word: snag
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was now nothing to do but wait. My colleagues and I feared some unforeseeable snag. Then at 3:55 p.m. Eban arrived with the news: "The Cabinet has approved the agreement...
Leading by seven points midway through the second half, Harvard's offense sputtered and allowed B.C. to snag its fourth win of the year...
Still, there is one potential snag remaining in Harvard's and Carpenter's plans, although most city councilors are predicting that the council will follow the recommendations of its city agencies. A group of Harvard Square businessmen has recently called on the council to pressure Harvard into adding more parking to the University Place design or finding an alternate location in the Square for about 200 existing spaces that will be lost when construction is completed...
...child has ever wanted to change a frog into a prince, learn the principles of alchemy or snag a unicorn (and who has not?) The Sorcerer's Scrapbook (Random House; $6.95) is an ideal guidebook. Michael Berenstain's straightfaced account purports to be the Life and Times of Nicodemus Magnus, Doctor of Magic and Sorcerer to the Duke, told in his own words. But its true power and humor lie in its chiaroscuro Dark Ages illustrations of dungeons and dragons and a whimsical text that Merlin might have written on the wind...
...University Place condominium/office complex--often touted as a model of Harvard-community cooperation--hit its first serious snag last week when the city's Historical Commission voted to designate two buildings scheduled for demolition as "historically significant...