Word: grabbing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With about 10 minutes to go in the half, and with a lull in the Terrier offense, the Crimson managed to grab the momentum and mounted a concerted attack on the B.U. net. Nagle got two strong shots off in the 28th minute, but both rolled wide of the Terrier cage...
...solved, I believe that increasing security is not the answer. Indeed, the solution is much simpler. The burglars are not picking locks or busting down doors or climbing through windows. They are simply opening unlocked doors, entering and taking the most accessible and convenient stuff they can grab. There are no forced-entries. The only way Harvard is going to be able to solve its burglary problem is by changing the locks on the dorm doors to ones that automatically lock. This way, there will be no chance of someone forgetting to lock his door when he leaves the room...
...lunch. The joint is jumping, the air is thick with conversation and laughter, and everything seems, well, social. But this is as much a result of circumstance than anything else. Holden Chapel would be a hot spot, too, if it was the only place busy individuals could grab a no-cost lunch between classes...
...sing for more corporate types fresh off a day at the Ryder Cup. Increasingly drunk, the PricewaterhouseCoopers crowd, who have rented the club for the night, give speeches about one another, their wives, their golf and the English as the Kroks, prepare their fail-safe routine. A few grab pitchers of water and drape napkins over their arms to disguise themselves as waiters, a gag which draws big laughs when the Kroks again start singing about those ribs...
...real cold real fast for me last year as a freshman. I spent most of the time searching for something to grab hold of. I never felt like there was an instance that I could point out to someone and want to say: "Hey, lookothat's Kevin Meyers." I was trying new things. I was making mistakes. And I know I didn't have as much fun as I should have...