Word: snagging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deal would have restructured Macy's finances and restored the confidence of suppliers. But it fell through after hitting a last-minute snag with creditors, who would have been forced to make significant concessions. While analysts think that Tisch's deal could be revived by a sweetened offer, other bidders could also emerge. The most likely is Hong Kong financier Sir Run Run Shaw, who owns about 10% of Macy's. Meanwhile, the company continues to hang by a slender thread...
...path Harvard has taken to its six losses has been well documented. The Crimson's league leaders in the scoring category are Tyler Rull-man (15.8 ppg) and James White (11.8 ppg). Ron Mitchell and Rullman each snag 5.8 rebounds per game to represent Harvard in that top 10 category...
...Virginia Governor approaches African-American activists for help, many have said, "Jesse told us to hold off." Wilder has managed to lure a few seasoned Jackson advisers into his camp, along with some low-level organizers and contributors. But he is still too much of a long shot to snag them all. And other Democratic candidates are prowling the same ground...
Bully for them, but Harvard should get a piece of the action. Twenty percent. Hell, make it 30. If The Dersh wants to represent murderous European socialites, the school that made him a star should at least be able to snag a new gym for his efforts...
...withered peacock, strutting grandiosely when it was not perversely kicking up dust, the firmness with which Mitterrand steered his nation after the gulf war's outbreak gave their old ally a taller stature. France is still a tough customer on many issues -- agricultural subsidies, for example, the big snag in the current troubled round of world-trade talks. Stubbornness is the Gallic style: a demonstrated readiness to scuttle agreements is Paris' way of showing that it means business...