Word: snappingly
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...ever there were a chance for Harvard to snap its skid and end its season on a high note, this was it, and 13 losses in a row proved to be the lucky number that the Crimson (3-13, 1-6 Ivy) would need to secure a win. With a 13-9 triumph over the Bears (3-11, 1-6) at Stevenson Field, the team earned its first victory in almost two months...
...women start their shows wearing nothing but bikinis, high heels, and garter belts to snap cash in place, and the transition to complete nudity is quick. It’s not a striptease. It’s stripping...
...less to do with anti-French sentiment than with France's wine-classification system, which Americans find too intimidating with its hard-to-decipher appellations, châteaux and mis en bouteille à la propriété. If the wines could be made more approachable, Joe concluded, Americans just might snap them...
...government denied that there was any deal, suspicions were reinforced by French officials. Defense Minister Paul Quilès confirmed in a TV interview that there had been behind-the-scenes "contacts" between the French and New Zealand governments. Said he: "Allow me to be discreet." That prompted Lange to snap, "It's so discreet that no one in Wellington knows about them." To be sure, questions remained, such as precisely who ordered the action and who carried it out, but the Greenpeace affair seemed to be finally sputtering...
That was about the only praise the Philippine President heard in a week filled with recriminations, question marks and political maneuvering. Since Marcos announced a snap presidential election on Nov. 3, at least partly in response to U.S. pressure for a restoration of democracy after 13 years of authoritarian rule, the Philippines has been gripped by election fever. There has also been considerable confusion about when, with which candidates, and under what conditions the election will be held...