Word: snatchings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Headlee, who gained his fame primarily in the private sector and as the author of a Prop 2 1/2-type tax amendment, came fron nowhere to snatch the Republican nomination from Milliken's hand-picked successor. And so, in the wake of his self-destruction, it is hardly with absolute confidence that Michigan's pundits have tapped Democratic candidate James Blanchard as the hands-down winner in today's election...
...certificates started to mature, the biggest question in the industry was: Where would investors stash their money next? Courted by bankers who are anxious to roll over the All Savers deposits into other bank investments, and cajoled by brokers and other financial advisers who are eager to snatch the funds away, some 4 million All Savers depositors across the U.S. were bombarded through the week by telephone calls, mailgrams, letters containing glossy brochures, and full-page newspaper ads. Proclaimed the headline of an ad from New York's Manufacturers Hanover Trust: "Last year, an All Savers was your smartest...
...large part responsible. But no corporate legal wits could save him. His crimes were tawdry, one eventual plea was nolo contendere, and his self-abnegation lifted from B-movie dialogue: "My worst enemy is sitting right here at this table ... I can't accept success ... I snatch it away from myself by committing crimes." Contrition, however, was a hard sell on the East Coast...
...more favorable climate, the West Bank contributed up to 85% of Jordan's agricultural output and 48% of its industrial production by the mid-1960s. Thus it was a tremendous loss when Hussein rashly led his army against Israel in the 1967 war and saw the enemy snatch the West Bank and East Jerusalem from his control...
...afraid that the Ivy League is heading in that direction," he continued. "I don't agree with the philosophy that we can't keep up with other school's that do recruit. I don't snatch handbags just because others do. Recruitment leads to refinement. The student body ends up fitting the teams needs and not vice versa...