Word: dither
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wednesday morning, hours before he was to fly to Helsinki, Clinton was in a characteristic dither. Some White House aides recommended that he quickly nominate Tenet, 44, an amiable former Senate intelligence staff member who has been deputy CIA director since 1995. But National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, not wanting a repeat of the Lake mess, argued that Clinton should wait until lawyers vetted Tenet one more time. Then around 3 p.m., word reached the White House that Senators--Republican Senators--had swooned over Tenet that morning, crowding around him at a secret budget briefing and predicting his confirmation hearings...
...roles are imminent; she'll fill the characters as well as the costumes. Once waif thin, she now has a figure so womanly that, after it was on show in a Vogue pictorial, she was accused of having had breast implants. The very notion propels her into a verbal dither. "I'm way too chicken to go under the knife," she says. "The thought of someone touching your breast with something metal is like the most -- it's so -- I mean -- it's horrifying to even think about...
Robards' braying and bluster are adroit but familiar. Plummer's fussiness and dither are a natural outgrowth of the feline, even feminine, nature of many of his heroes (and most of his villains). But his raddled face, Einstein coiffure and teetery walk are new and, surprisingly from this most mannered of actors, feel free of mannerism. The verbal cut and thrust between them is the finest now on Broadway -- elegantly bloodless and as ferocious as a slaughterhouse...
...actually vote on initiatives?!" she said, watching me dither over term limits last year. She also thinks it funny that I call my mom (a lawyer) for opinions on judge candidates, and that I know the name of my representative on the county council...
...chatty U.S. criterion, Un Coeur en Hiver (A Heart in Winter) is no great shakes. Even by French standards, Claude Sautet's drama tends to dither a bit. Yet the film displays a wonderful attention to the spaces between what people say and what they mean. Because the business of its main characters is making music, we spend many rewarding moments watching people listen. And then, because this is a kind of love story, we watch a woman watching a man. Here, the actors are the audience; they do what...