Word: loath
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...just as HAND members have been loath to confront the administration, they also have shied away from offending PBHA...
...actions are thoroughly loath-some--particularly torturous is one scene where he reluctantly meets his phone pal in person--but he hates himself for doing it all. He's not a malicious or perverted person (he takes a train to Amelia's and Laura's country house when they start receiving obscene phone calls), but merely weak, still treating his discomfort with his Alzheimer's-afflicted father with teenagerly stubbornness...
...prestigious, snooty Salzburg Festival, not far from one of the Alpine lakes where Mahler composed the sprawling, five-movement work a century ago. Predictably, some critics did dismiss the event forthwith. "A multimillionaire's cold flirt," complained one; "no trace of Viennese charm," groused another. Austrians have long been loath to admit that anyone other than themselves can properly perform the Austro-German classics, and few would care to admit to an American's mastery...
...woman strolls the sands of East Moriches, looking wistfully out to sea. The ocean is hoarding its information, loath to yield answers or even clues. Her loved ones have not yet been found and she waits anxiously for the upcoming press conference...
...plans to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "There wasn't a meeting of the minds on these major issues," reports TIME's Dean Fischer. "It all seemed rather vague and not particularly reassuring that Israel would abide by commitments made in the past." Clinton, who is loath to provoke a confrontation with Israel before Election Day, merely said that the relationship remained "rock solid." And then a parting dig: "The tide of history cannot be turned. Going back would be a mistake." -- Jenifer Mattos