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Word: snare (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Undergraduate Council last night voted unaminously to give $12,200 and a "serious manpower commitment" to aid the effort by the Student Production Association (SPA) to snare British new wave star Elvis Costello for a one night show at Harvard...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Council Supports Concert | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...freestyle relay, Smith, John Ritch, Peharda and Jay Fisher combined to snare the final event of the meet for the Crimson...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquamen Leave Quakers Sputtering, 80-22 | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

Junior Molly Clark and freshman Mia Costello played flip-flop in the breaststroke races, as Costello narrowly defeated Clark in the 100, while Clark came back in the 200 to snare the gold. Janice Sweetser had a close race in the 500 freestyle, but was able to touch out her Penn opponent by .39 of a second...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquawomen Slink Penn, 90-50, Clinch Second Ivy Title in Row | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...lost five prime nights during a full moon," he says. It is dark now, the water as black as used motor oil, and the lights on the rocking boats describe a skyline suffering slippage. No one is taking in much shrimp this night, least of all Eddie, whose nets snare more flounder and speckled trout than anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: Gone Shrimping | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...final weekend of the season, the Ivy League men's basketball race is one of the closest in years. Three teams--Cornell (9-3), Brown (8-4), and Penn (6-5)--still have mathematical shots at the crown, even though it would take a miracle for the Quakers to snare their second title...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: When 1-for-2 is Better Than 50 Percent | 2/26/1986 | See Source »

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