Word: snag
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jordan, plus a Gaza visit with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat. Since Christopher last touched down in the region three months ago, the peace process has gotten bogged down by Israel's quarreling with the Palestinians, Syria and Egypt, while Israel's tentative peace deal with Jordan hit a financial snag...
There have been setbacks. Despite compelling evidence that manic depression, a mental illness characterized by extreme mood swings, runs in families, no one has isolated the genes responsible for the disorder. Several candidates have been identified, only to be discarded. But while the geneticists have hit a snag, the brain chemists are moving faster than anyone thought possible, and have produced an impressive array of practical results...
...PERCENT PROBLEM? A few sticking points still need to be overcome before the compromise crime bill is voted on tomorrow afternoon, sources tell TIME Washington Correspondent Julie Johnson. House Democrats have agreed to a 10 percent cut in the $33 billion dollar tab on the bill. The snag? Republicans want the cuts concentrated on prevention programs; the Dems want an across the board reduction, Johnson says. If this issue proves to be problematic, the vote could be delayed till early next week, Johnson says...
drift-net type of net used to catch salmon, net is towed behind boat to snag salmon...
...Olympus, Harding will get at least within hugging range of her rival and alleged victim, Nancy Kerrigan. This is not because Harding shouldn't be punished. If she participated in the plot to injure Kerrigan, neither underdog sympathy nor childhood deprivation, an excessive supply of stepfathers, failure to snag endorsement contracts or other bad breaks in life should keep her from being tried and serving time...