Word: jerkingly
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...child's body turns rigid, the eyes roll back, and the limbs begin to jerk. These are the frightening signs of a febrile seizure. Triggered by a high fever, often during an infectious illness such as tonsillitis or flu, this type of convulsion is caused by violent nerve storms in the brain. About 130,000 of the 4 million children born each year in the U.S. will have at least one febrile seizure by the time they turn seven...
This knee-jerk denunciation of everything the Undergraduate Council does is perhaps best exemplified by your incisive converage of the "pro-Gorbachev" episode last week. "The rally's total attendance was five," you stated dramatically in three separate stories (presumably for emphasis), followed by the requisite council-bashing...