Word: snappingly
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...international interest worries some guardians of Asian culture. True, a handful of newly rich Chinese businessmen have invested in contemporary art, while members of the Indian diaspora snap up artwork with local themes to decorate their overseas homes. Nevertheless, it is foreigners - particularly European, American, Japanese and Singaporean collectors - who are driving the modern Asian art boom. The result has been a massive flight of contemporary art from the region. Exacerbating the trend is a dearth of quality modern-art museums in India, China and Vietnam. In August, the central Chinese city of Dujiangyan announced it was lavishing some...
...audience which included movie star Ziyi Zhang and the granddaughter of reformist leader, Deng Xiaoping, branding the hillsides with projections of Fendi's double F logo. Before the first ever fashion show to be held on the structure, Arnault and his wife, Hélène stopped to snap their own photos of the views and TIME's Marion Hume talked to the world's seventh richest man about luxury in China...
...Tigers from progressing past their own 10-yard line. “It kind of gives you a sense of how fragile offense is,” Hughes said. “There’s got to be 11 guys together all the time, good timing, getting the snap count, getting the motions right, getting the play called. And little things you take for granted, you have to pay a lot more attention to.” The Crimson cemented the win with a six-play, 48-yard drive that culminated in a 20-yard touchdown pass to sophomore...
...While they may restrain him from concluding a pact of such epic importance, Singh can ill afford to lose the support of the communists, because their departure from his coalition would have forced snap elections 18 months early. If he had been counting on convincing the Left to drop its opposition to the deal at the eleventh hour, he has badly miscalculated. Communist demands that the government refrain from negotiating nuclear safeguards with the IAEA - the next phase of implementing the deal - have prevailed, and it is the government that appears to have been forced to back down...
...want to be—a team that rises to the occasion and finds a way to win.”Things started out ominously for the Crimson. After a three-and-out on its opening drive, sophomore Thomas Hull’s punt was blocked after the snap bounced on the ground. Brandon Mitchell recovered the ball and fell down at the one-yard line, setting up a Joe Russo touchdown run that made the score 7-0 just over two minutes into the game.“We weren’t even trying to block that...