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Harvard police officers stormed Quincy House courtyard last night and apprehended a man who had allegedly attempted to snatch a woman's purse along the Charles River...

Author: By David L. Greene and Anne C. Krendl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Police Storm Quincy Courtyard, Arrest Suspect | 9/16/1997 | See Source »

Just what the Israelis were up to outside their zone in Lebanon remained unexplained. Lebanese sources speculated that the Israelis intended to snatch Sheik Abdul-Amir Kabalan, who has a house in Insariyeh and is influential in Amal, one of the Shi'ite militia groups. Israel has carried out such kidnappings before, but military insiders downplayed this theory. They hinted instead that the mission was to plant explosive devices in the area, targeted either at a nearby Hizballah post or an Amal encampment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BAD NEWS, PART 2: A BOTCHED RAID IN LEBANON | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...evening of his brutal encounter, Lenard and two friends pedaled from the Stateway Garden public housing projects to the edge of Bridgeport, where they hoped to get some free air for their bikes and snatch a quick game of basketball on a court that sits in the shadows of Comiskey Park. After the game, Lenard was surrounded and attacked by several teenagers. Within 48 hours, three suspects had been arrested. Freed on bail, all have denied involvement in the incident. But the fact that police were led to them by Bridgeport residents, several of whom are white, bespeaks an outrage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHICAGO'S LAST HOPE | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Thousands of high school seniors around the country will be waiting anxiously for the mail to arrive this weekend, ready to snatch an all-important envelope from the mail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admissions Office Accepts 902 for '01 | 12/14/1996 | See Source »

...those rich people in Virginia manage to snatch the Civil War out of the giant's path by thwarting plans for a blue-and-gray theme park? Never mind, giant. Over here, in another part of the garden, is an entire breed of dog you can destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DALMATIANS! YIKES! | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

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