Word: snappingly
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...JAIME CARDINAL SIN, 76, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila who used his moral authority to propel the "people power" revolts in the Philippines that peacefully brought down the presidencies of Ferdinand Marcos and, more recently, Joseph Estrada; of renal failure; in Manila. After Marcos called for and won a snap election in 1986 that was widely suspected to be fraudulent, Sin took to the airwaves, rallying the country of devout Catholics to join a military faction that had mutinied against Marcos. After a three-day standoff, Marcos fled. Sin stepped in again to help oust the corrupt Estrada...
...Survey in May found 59% of Filipinos were dissatisfied with her performance and only 26% satisfied. But Arroyo has no obvious successor. When Filipinos took to the streets in February 1986, they were rebelling against Marcos?but they were also elevating Corazon Aquino, who had been cheated in a snap presidential election earlier in the same month. In 2001, the People Power movement knew who would replace Estrada (he had narrowly avoided being removed from office for alleged corruption by an impeachment trial): Arroyo, his Vice President, who had been elected separately. The current President might be in serious jeopardy...
...After Schröder's party was severely beaten in North Rhine-Westphalia, a Social Democratic stronghold for 39 years, and was suffering its lowest approval ratings since World War II, Schröder should have resigned gracefully. Instead, he decided to call a snap election. Nevertheless, there are two possible outcomes. Either Schröder will be re-elected or he will discover, like King Canute, that even he cannot turn back an incoming tide. Joshua Selig Dorset, England...
...defies her politician father to become involved in the antiwar movement. Davis, 33, who co-wrote the book with Novelist Maureen Strange Foster, admits that some of the story is autobiographical. "I used kernels of truth and experience," she says, "and embellished the rest." Davis found fiction such a snap that she has already begun a second novel and has received offers to develop Home Front into a television movie. Naturally, Davis, who was featured in the 1981 TV movie For Ladies Only, has her eye on the leading role. Of course, if she needs any coaching for the part...
...will be an ambassador between you and Gorbachev, Mr. President," says Horowitz. Taking Wanda's arm, he introduces her. "And this is my wife. Did you know that she is the daughter of Toscanini?" As Reagan takes Wanda's hand, photographers snap the scene furiously...