Word: snagging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...begin the World Series edition of the football notebook with a look at the Harvard football team's (slim) remaining chances to snag the Ivy title. While Saturday's 14-3 loss at Princeton significantly dampened the Crimson's title hopes, it did not completely eliminate the gridders...
...climbed up the ladder, but it wasn't sturdy enough. (Further proof that it really was put there for quaintness). She pulled branches down to snag the best apples. She picked them off the ground. She tossed them at the two of us who weren't quite as interested in apples as she. But we caught them and added them to the bulging paper sack we had picked up from the owner of the orchard...
James Hinkle's ordeal began when he ran into a snag while loading a $400 program called Framework into his Kaypro Model 16 computer. He carefully reread the Framework instruction book for guidance but failed to find it. Stymied, the Alameda, Calif., dentist called the service number printed in the manual. The number was busy, but after dialing repeatedly over a period of several hours, Hinkle eventually made the connection--to a recorded message instructing him to call a different number, which was also busy. Says the normally mild-mannered Hinkle: "I started in the morning...
Nadav Safran, the professor who resigned his position as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies after an investigation of his handling of two CIA grants, has failed in his bid to snag a spot on the steering committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Harvard right fielder-turned-center fielder-turned-right-fielder Chris McAndrews made two big catches in the top of the ninth inning, including one diving, over-the-wall snag of a Mike Lubowitz blast, and the batsmen eeked out a 4-3 victory in front of 39 chilly fans at Soldiers Field...