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Word: snag (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seeing us would know anything true," notes twelve-year-old Ann August. She and her mother Adele represent a history of shoplifted dresses, bad checks and unfurnished apartments. One epochal day, Adele flashily abandons small-town Wisconsin and whirls to Hollywood, aiming to snag a rich husband and make her child a star. At the Pacific's edge, Ann gently nourishes another dream: to outgrow people like her mother, "who start the noise and bang things, who make you feel the worst; they are the ones who get your love." Finally, Adele taunts once too often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Apr. 13, 1987 | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

...Concord native became the first Harvard fencer ever to snag the award as well as Harvard's first individual NCAA champion since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHT | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

However, if the Crimson defeats Yale tomorrow at Hemenway to close its Ivy season at 5-0, it will snag the title outright. Harvard demolished Yale, 6-1, in the Howe Cup tourney...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Racquetwomen Zip Dartmouth | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

Peltier was also able to snag a double-win evening. In addition to the medley relay, he also touched out teammate (and roommate) David Berkoff in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 1:53.03, just ahead of Berkoff...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquamen Conquer Explorers, 64-49; Kornish, Peltier, Lutz Lead Crimson | 2/21/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard women's fencing team slipped by the Princeton Tigers, 10-6, Saturday at Princeton to snag its first Ivy League victory of the season. However, the Crimson dropped its second meet later that day to Penn...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Fencers Break the Ice | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

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