Brazil lost to Argentina in perhaps the greatest smash-and-grab of all - worse still, they were vaccinated by Diego Maradona, who produced one of the great assists to win the match - while Holland were thrashed 2-1 by West Germany and humiliated further when Frank Rijkaard mistook Rudi Voller's perm for an old tissue.
I don't know whether these guys are technically on solid ground, but to everyone involved this has to look like just the most egregious money-grab of all time.
At one point, the celebrated singer, composer and lyricist grabbed, of all things, a ukulele, pulled a stool up in front of a microphone stand and sat his compact, stocky frame down, announcing to the audience at the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa in Newcastle (not far from his hometown of Belfast), "It's comedy time again".
These new expropriations were another attempt to grab control of all of Venzuela's economic and political life while providing more opportunities for patronage and corruption.
The Liberal Democrats grab chunks of all of them.
To grab galleys of all the hot upcoming releases.
Additionally, when you leave on short notice, most men do not think to grab copies of all their important financial records.
Grab hold of all you can about fashion.
The latest deal, financing Wembley, is the most daring and publicity grabbing of all the 30 or so she has clinched since arriving at the staid German bank four years ago.
It was the over-the-counter products that exploded in popularity, grabbing 85percentt of all sales of contraceptives by 1938.
