Word: snatchings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Hermann Maier to snatch gold. At Lillehammer in 1994, America's Tommy Moe grabbed gold over Norway's homegrown favorite, Kjetil Andre Aamodt. So it went at Snowbasin for Austria's season-dominating Stephan Eberharter. Almost predictably, he missed the gold...
Hermann Maier to snatch gold. At Lillehammer in 1994, America's Tommy Moe grabbed gold over Norway's homegrown favorite, Kjetil Andre Aamodt. So it went at Snowbasin for Austria's season-dominating Stephan Eberharter. Almost predictably, he missed the gold...
...strong singles teams, however, may have come at the expense of Russia's traditionally favored pairs and ice dancers. For the first time in years, the Russian entrants face formidable competition. Canadian pair Jamie Sale and David Pelletier could snatch gold from reigning Olympic silver medalists Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, while three couples - from France, Italy and Canada - could finish ahead of Irina Lobacheva and Ilya Averbukh, the leading Russian ice-dancers...
...guts." If she can generate a following for herself, the Philippines might yet learn what is really in her heart, as well as what's in her head. Otherwise, stability, and small steps, may be the most it can hope for. Arroyo is wise to close her eyes and snatch some sleep while she can. In the coming months?the coming years if she survives?the opportunities for rest will not come often...
...first, the mayor's office tried to prevent the Ground Zero District from growing into a spectacle. The chain link fence surrounding the site was covered with a thick green tarp that blocked the view, and police threatened to snatch cameras. "For the first several weeks, I didn't want anyone down there. It was a very personal feeling," says Richard Sheirer, director of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees the site. But after realizing the overwhelming demand to get a glimpse of the hole, the office reversed its policy. The tarp came down, the fences were...