Word: snappingly
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...hope you decide to read The Crimson in part because you have faith in our ability to present a comprehensive portrait of Harvard life. It is sometimes hard to tell how well we are doing that job. Aside from the occasional snap in the Independent or the Salient, few voices exist to hold The Crimson accountable. The Crimson, as an influential interest at Harvard, deserves scrutiny. Internal criticism must suffice as the first line of defense against sins of omission, commission and malpractice. Happily, the debates inside 14 Plympton Street are usually rich...
Feel better now? If not, I have a radical suggestion for the guilt-stricken among us: Snap out of it! Feelings of guilt are a gift from our conscience. They remind us that the first thing we ought to do is make choices we can live with. We can use our guilty pangs to make changes, even small ones (less TV but more bedtime stories, no junk food or violent video gaming), that improve our kids' lives. Says Harriet Lerner, psychotherapist and author of the terrific book The Mother Dance: "Healthy guilt helps us get in touch with our core...
...other gripe is that the new online links tend to funnel users to Microsoft services. Setting up a Microsoft Hotmail or MSN account to run in the slick Outlook software is a snap; doing it with non-Microsoft providers is a chore. Highlight an address in Word, and you can map it online--using Microsoft Expedia. Type a stock symbol, and you can get a live price--from Microsoft Money Central. You get the idea...
Soaring gas prices? Perfect timing for those impervious to market fluctuations--and eager to show it--to snap up the Unimog. The ultimate in suvs, the $84,000 behemoth gets 10 m.p.g. and scoffs at quaint notions like a recession or an energy crisis. Indeed, when DaimlerChrysler began showcasing it last fall in the U.S. through its Freightliner division (until this year the Mog has been available only in Europe and Asia), the Sierra Club dubbed it "Daimlersaurus Wrecks." But, hey, it's more intimidating than the Hummer and more versatile. Each truck can be customized from its bare chassis...
...With the value of existing plants rising dramatically, companies like Exelon and Entergy can no longer snap them up on the cheap. That's a rationale for building new ones. If that were to happen, though, Wall Street could lose its radioactive crush. The past generation of nuclear plants ran way over budget, taking more than a decade to finish and ultimately costing around $5 billion each. Back then, utilities could tack that onto customers' bills. But today shareholders may not be happy to take that risk...