Word: snatched
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...Hagan and Copple weren’t the only recruits that the Crimson was able to snatch away from Division I-A programs...
...again I managed to snatch a moment of face-to-face conversation with one of the foursome. On the Miami flight I crept into the first class cabin to interview Lennon, and returned bearing the stunning intelligence that his then wife Cynthia, who was traveling with the group, cut his hair with fingernail scissors. In a documentary film of the tour made by Albert and David Maysles, I can be seen joshing with Ringo Starr at a cocktail reception over whether Beatlemania was "all just a con." This bit of footage, authenticating that I had once basked in the presence...
...fired up a three. Harvard junior captain Jason Norman rushed out to put a hand in Toppert’s face, but fouled him in the process. The shot fell and so did the subsequent free throw—a four-point play that put Cornell into position to snatch the lead back from the Crimson...
...Indeed, to some the Hong Kong market's current China mania is eerily reminiscent of the territory's short-lived dotcom boom of 2000, when investors queued for hours to snatch up order forms for shares of Internet ventures, only to see their acquisitions turn to dross when the bubble popped. These days, the object of desire has changed, with investors equally convinced that the China boom is a sure thing. The index for "H shares," as the Hong Kong-listed stocks of mainland companies are called, spiked 152% in 2003. Now that investors are back, Chinese companies are rushing...
With 5:11 left to go, Pondexter had the ball on the right side of the perimeter, with 6’3 junior center Reka Cserny guarding her. As Pondexter stood poised to shoot, Cserny raised her arms high, preparing to snatch the ball as she done throughout the season in leading Harvard with 12 blocks...