Word: snared
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...Hooligans, they figure, aren't bilingual. The police are calling in reinforcements, including rugby players, to help control crowds. Britain is lending 20 hooligan spotters to scan the immigration lines at Narita International Airport. Police also are stocking up on net-shooting rifles, a la Spider-Man, that can snare up to three people at a time. "I promise we'll catch every hooligan in a great big net," Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara says. "No one will get away...
...Eminem Show's first single, Without Me, is a Slim song that starts, "I've created a monster/ 'Cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more/ They want Shady/ I'm chopped liver." Once summoned, Shady delivers the funniest diatribe in recent rap history. Over an upbeat snare reminiscent of Billie Jean and a woolly sax torn from the Coasters' playbook, Shady sums up his appeal: "Little hellions/ Kids feeling rebellious/ Embarrassed their parents still listen to Elvis/ They start feeling like prisoners, helpless." He says this at top speed with the clarity of Henry Higgins, over music that makes...
...accepted an invitation to tour AIDS-treatment facilities with her in San Francisco. And she was touched when he slipped into her Feb. 6 swearing-in ceremony as whip to pay his respects. They may recognize in each other kindred political instincts. Pelosi ran a three-year insurgency to snare the whip's job from the initial favorite, Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer, by raising millions of campaign dollars in California and funneling them to grateful members of Congress. DeLay did the same to win his post...
...experimental, even resembling some of the insectile funk and robo-talk that had preceded them. Yet it’s a perfectly logical extension of the Detroit techno, electro and old-school hip-hop that birthed virtually all of today’s electronic music. Every bone-cracking snare, shuffling high-hat and well-timed bass bomb was there for a reason—to loosen the body and spirit and push grooves to newfound heights...
...shot by Harvard, Stanford sophomore point guard Milena Flores grabbed the rebound and launched a pass up court to Scott who was out in front of everyone. But Feaster, looking more like a defensive back than a small forward, sprinted after Scott and leaped high in the air to snare the ball and prevent the uncontested...