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...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...
...luck, as the adage goes, comes to those who put themselves in position for it, and the Crimson simply did not play well enough on offense to snag the victory...
...outer core, the Pacific plate -- a thick slab to which Los Angeles is attached -- is very slowly pushing its way north and west, past the North American plate to the east, which is moving in the opposite direction. Most of the time, in most places, the two plates are snagged; they block each other's progress, and tremendous pressure builds up. Every so often, the snag breaks loose in one spot, the plates slide past each other and the ground suddenly shifts: earthquake...