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With a slogan off a Kournikova ad for sports bras written across his chest, the streaker was quickly grabbed by security as he darted across the court.

Its economic prominence was quickly grabbed by Houston, which dug a deepwater ship channel that allowed business to bypass the risky island port.

A man, briefly questioned by the police, tried to run and was quickly grabbed by two officers who threw him to the ground and slapped on handcuffs, as fans in dreadlocks, fishnet stockings and tie-dyed shirts looked on.

What happened to the 48-year-old Luxuria was rather different from what one of her countrymen endured in 1980 when he tried to protest anti-gay laws during the Moscow Summer Olympics -- and was quickly grabbed and hauled away by the ungentle KGB.

We waved, and a few small children waved back, but they were quickly grabbed by their parents and stopped.

At first, the design team tried to deal with the situation by funnelling in more resources, but these, too, were quickly grabbed and hoarded.

A lot of previous formats were quickly grabbed by large tech companies and then locked into proprietary formats like Flash.

The book, which was released in late November during what you can only imagine as a really fun party (Redman and Ky-Mani Marley were first to snag their copies) is quickly grabbing the attention of the tobacco industry and pharmaceutical companies alike.

Casey netted 10 minutes into the second half and it was quickly followed by McCaughan grabbing his second goal of the game.

Duncan grabbed the rebound, was quickly fouled and padded the lead with two free throws.

Another student in the classroom, 15-year-old Dan Fowers, told the AP that the armed teen came into the room minutes after class began, fired the shot and was quickly disarmed by a woman, who grabbed the gun and told him to stop.