Word: snags
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...pyrotechnics were for the Marie Antoinette beach party.) The films in competition for the Palme d'Or tend to be a solemn lot, so any spiking of the punch bowl is welcome. The occasional midnight screenings of non-competing films is also a chance for the locals to snag a few free tickets, put on their best duds and see a movie. On the red-carpeted steps usually reserved for directors and stars, hundreds of Cannes residents snapped photos of hundreds of others...
...American society and pop culture. These jokes, which seem to target a post-pubescent audience, make the film reasonably amusing for viewers of all ages. Williams stars as Bob Munro, the patriarch and sole breadwinner for his well-to-do family. When a young up-and-comer threatens to snag Bob’s executive position at the PureVibe soda corporation, Bob goes to desperate lengths to keep his job secure. He cancels his family’s upcoming tropical vacation and instead takes them on a road trip in a rented R.V., so that he may surreptitiously attend...
...used the school to help her accomplish quite a different goal—winning the title of Miss Rhode Island. Currently the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resource Efficiency Program coordinator of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, Rogers said that her experience at Harvard helped her snag the pageant honor on April 22. Rogers credited the academic rigor at Harvard for helping her face the interview portion of the contest, during which a panel grilled her on everything from her platform to facts about her state. “Talking with so many people—both as an undergrad...
...style. Or if you haven’t really crossed over to the realms of “talking,” try your shot at the command “write” followed by their username to send a message instead. The chances you’ll snag anyone outside the FAS network are pretty slim, but here within Harvard, thanks to Unix, there’s someone for everyone. After all, you don’t name a command finger with no intention of under-the-cover action...
...recent Academy Awards ceremony surely marked the ascendancy of independent filmmaking; four of the five best picture nominees were indies, and the lone big-budget picture—Spielberg’s “Munich”—yielded anemic box office results and failed to snag the top prize...