Word: petulante
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Camille's violin is acting up, and Stephane'scareful repairs under her petulant orderseventually seem to work some sort of spell on herand she develops an erotic fascination for him.Somewhere along the way, however, Stephane dropsout of the camp of Camille-worshippers (we don'tknow what triggers his nonchalance; his...
What could be more idyllic than a day at the beach, especially if you're an overworked salaryman with little leisure time to spare? But the weather can also be unpredictable, the waves petulant and uneven, the flotsam yucky. Now those who don't want to risk a less than...
One or two characters resemble their textual selves. Padilla's Miranda captures the naive schoolgirl, gushing effusively in the face of her "brave new world." Two actors, Blanca Hovey and Alice Ristroph, following timehonored technique, divide the role of the spirit, Ariel. Their petulant, childish rendition fit the bill perfectly...
The Somali civil war receives a vastly different characterization. Gone is the World War II language, and instead the warlords are described as "petulant children" (The New York Times).
What exactly separates the Serbs from the warlords such that the former are Nazis while the latter are "petulant children" is anyone's guess, but this patronizing attitude toward the Somalis reminds us that however much progress the U.S. withdrawal represents, we have a lot further to go.