Word: snappingly
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George Bush is a careful custodian of his image. It's fine to snap a photo of him without a tie as he works on his ranch, but photographers have been prevented from snapping him with his tie loosened. So the premiere next month at an Austin film festival of a feature-length movie that depicts Governor Bush merrymaking with journalists aboard his presidential campaign plane in the fall of 2000 may not get a thumbs-up from the Commander in Chief. "These are my people," says Bush, who is seen wading into the boozy throng's cocktail hour...
...snap back to reality as a bus honks and we pass a glaring MP at the newly militarized airport. The plan is to take the next turn-around and swing back to where we started—where hopefully, the car’s owner will be waiting by the curb...
...business and economics, technology stocks will remain in the dumps, though investors in the U.S. will continue to pin their hopes on a "V-shaped" recovery. But watch out for Japan; if the economic crisis gets worse there and the yen continues to devalue, Japanese corporations will snap up market share, which could turn the American V into more of a U shape. Not all the gloom can be attributed to last year's attacks, though. Everything from the value of the newly launched euro to the collapse of the Argentine economy has antecedents that far predate Sept...
...biggest improvement recently has been Jordan. He posted 17 points against Boston to help snap the slump. He then canned 30 against Philly and 22 against Miami. Two more losses followed, and then the Wiz went on a tear. They have now taken 15 of their past 20 games, good for third place in the NBA's Atlantic Division. And Jordan is imparting his magic as a player, floor coach and motivator. Against Charlotte recently he jacked up 51 points, becoming the oldest player ever to score that many, and followed up with 45 two nights later against New Jersey...
...fourth heart attack last year, may have to wear the business card-size device for the rest of his life. But should his heart ever act up again, the thing will automatically deliver a small jolt of electricity (enough to light a 30-watt bulb for 1 sec.) and snap it back into line...