Word: snatchings
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...Performance of the Week On the final day of last week's Deutsche Bank Championship near Boston, VIJAY SINGH proved once again what has become increasingly clear all year: he's the world's best golfer. The 41-year-old Fijian held off Tiger Woods to snatch his sixth win of the season, ending the ex-champ's record 264-week stand as the sport's No. 1. "The easier part is getting to the top," Singh said later. "The hardest part is staying up there...
...secret to May-Walsh?s success on the beach is their defense at the net and their coverage of the back court; Behar and Bede noted that they couldn?t get anything past the 6?2? Walsh. The Brazilians were able to snatch seven more digs than the Americans, but May-Walsh blocked five opposing shots while Behar-Bede stopped none. ?We really wanted the gold but we lost to a better team,? said Behar. ?It's not good to lose but I am happy for our success...
Then comes the best part--the dance. Maybe he'll snatch the pole back and ride it like a cowboy. Or he'll do the funky chicken. He might pull out the robot--"It's a classic," he says, laughing. "You get this reaction from the people, like 'Oh, my God, he's doing the robot.'" Some purists aren't smiling, labeling Stevenson a showboat. But he says his antics are what the vault needs. "I'm just having a great time," says the Stanford economics grad, who plans to start his own business. "I'm not taunting anyone. This...
That's in part why Democrats are dreaming for the first time that they can snatch control of the Senate, narrowly held by Republicans. Obama's first G.O.P. opponent, former Goldman Sachs partner Jack Ryan, had already been trailing by as much as 20 points in some polls when his campaign took a fatal blow last week: a judge unsealed four-year-old divorce records in which Ryan's exwife--actress Jeri Ryan of television's Boston Public--claimed that in 1998 he tried to talk her into having public sex with him in various clubs. Four days later, Ryan...
...euphoria of 1999, and the rush to snatch-up the plentiful and always exciting jobs, is gone. But the deep retrenchment that followed the bubble burst, as top recruiters dramatically cut hiring, has eased and graduates are returning to business...