grab

• I have always repudiated, and never ceased to repudiate, the policy of grab which is commonly associated with the name of Jingo.... I submit that the worst policy in these matters is to have regard to our own rights only, and not to the rights of others. —  The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2
• But as I did not witness Illsley's attempted Hat-grab, and as Newton did not complain about it, I could do nothing Ryder had a valid case, but he went about it the wrong way.
• Going after control of critical energy needs to achieve a power grab is the easiest way to avoid constitutional restraints on Gov't. —  RenewAmerica
• With legislation already written for the next big gun grab, all the illegitimate government needed was one of their mind-controlled slaves to open fire on a bunch of helpless people. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
• Upon a successful grab, a flag is set that will cause the player to sleep (1) just before trying to grab the next "grabbable badge" it finds. method detects a players current processor and if it is different that the last processor detected for that player (thread), records it for the end of game totals. —  The Code Project Latest Articles

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