Word: snap
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plump, short, silver-haired fellow, Ismaël dresses as if he were 50 or younger, wearing a fashionable black turtleneck, red corduroy shirt, hound's-tooth sports jacket with velvet collar, and snap-brim hat. In Neufchátel-en-Bray (pop. 6,000), where he lives and works in an old folks' home, Ismaël now shrugs off the snickers that greet his name. He chuckles over the judge's decree himself and says: "Her decision was ridiculous. Do I have bestiality written all over my face? After all, I'm not different...
...Tunic. She and her friends hired a pattern cutter to snip out standard American sizes and sent the results off to China, where the clothes were manufactured. Their bestseller is the classic Mao jacket, padded slightly for warmth, with a removable (and washable) white inner collar and buttons concealing snap closings. It retails for $33 (with matching trousers, it is called the jen-min chuang, or people's suit). The Dragon Ladies also offer other styles right out of Terry and the Pirates-a bright red medallion-print pantsuit at $70 and a long coat with slits up both...
...Catholic pockets of Wisconsin. The suggestion that Kennedy, a married man, might have been involved with a single woman pains many. The Democratic Party pros seem to feel more strongly about the issue than many rank-and-file Democrats. When asked about Ted, Democratic state chairmen here tend to snap: "He's the fellow who went off the bridge." To carry the area, Kennedy would have to break through in such large states as Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio and Illinois. But the Democratic Party in Ohio seems too badly split to unite behind Kennedy. Chappaquiddick could be decisive in Wisconsin...
...There are very few players who know how to make a head-shot properly," Kydes said. "You have to get up in the air before the ball gets there, and then snap your whole body into it. Being able to stay in the air a split second longer throws the defenseman's timing off. He goes up with you, but comes down too soon...
...promise to love, cherish, and groove on each other and all living things. We promise to smash the alienated family unit . . . We promise these things until choice do us part." For the second week in April, there is a self-defense karate lesson: "To use this right-foot snap-kick . . ." Nature hints: "Some fish reverse more than just sex roles-they actually consume the other gender." Nonviolent put-off for a masher: "You can have my body when I'm through with...