31.   Another man with an unlit cigar in his mouth was snatching up bottles of Hennessy VS cognac.

32.   Argentina stocks rose, as local investment funds shrugged off interest rate increases in Europe and snatched up shares that had previously declined.

33.   As more companies report fourth-quarter profits, investors are snatching up stocks of companies they expect will continue to do well this year.

34.   As prices fall in Hong Kong and elsewhere, some companies will be able to snatch up Asian real estate.

35.   Aylward, a veteran at turning American parks around, ducks and bobs as he shows a visitor through the park, snatching up litter as he walks.

36.   Bailey said he snatches up building materials as soon as he can get them.

37.   Because the central bank left rates unchanged, investors snatched up shares of consumer product companies, which traditionally have steadfast earnings even when the economy slows.

38.   A decade after NBC dismantled its national radio network, media conglomerates are racing to snatch up properties to create old-fashioned, vertically integrated giants.

39.   A year or so ago, when it was trying to gobble everything in sight, Microsoft snatched up the original route-planning program, Automap.

40.   Actors Sylvester Stallone and Bill Murray already have snatched up these whimsical tops.