Word: snappingly
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...Hirschfeld's lines had snap and swing - movement, like a jump-rope at top speed. Millions of lines over 80 years, and not one had an inappropriate stroke. There was drama in the contrast of those black lines on a white page - a bit less when it was reprinted on the Times' gray newsprint. Which is why you should look at his work in book form: the handsomely illustrated autobiography "Hirschfeld On Line," or, for about the price of a manicure, the Gotham-glorifying "Hirschfeld's New York" and the all-movie "Hirschfeld's Hollywood...
...cold this week at Camp Swampy, down in the 20s in the morning as the last-minute training picks up and the clock ticks down for the company commanders. They must make sure that every soldier is qualified to handle his weapon, meaning he can snap-shoot a quarter-inch hole in a soccer ball at 100 yards. They must make sure the right equipment is shipped--from helicopters shrink-wrapped in plastic to protect them from the salt air on the ships heading out of Savannah, to flyswatters (a dozen for every 150 men, same for mousetraps...
...more order around the house might like the $90 Home Organizer Plus from Simpliciti, available this May. The size of a wall-mounted phone, it features oversize buttons that make it easy to enter grocery lists, reminders and phone messages. Recipes and a scheduler are built in; a $50 snap-on printer is optional...
Harvard and Lehigh met Oct. 5 last year, when the Mountain Hawks erased a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to win 36-35 and snap an 11-game Crimson win streak...
...secret," says Ed's aunt Virginia Conrad, who eventually told Ed practically everything he knows about his mother. "There was a lot of embarrassment about it." For a while, Ed blamed himself for his mother's condition--he wondered if his birth had made her snap--but mostly he tried to banish her from his mind and go on with his life. He joined the Air Force and married his wife Velma. They had three children...