Word: petulante
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But again and again Reagan had to spend precious time righting what he calls "this warmongering charge," and his replies had a petulant tone. In Cincinnati, he asserted: "The President seems determined to have me start a nuclear war.
French Director Maurice Pialat sits behind his camera like a bacteriologist at his microscope, waiting patiently for his subjects to squirm to life. He does not argue or judge; he observes and classifies. In 13 years he has made but five films, each dissecting the lives of the French working...
Steel sees Lippmann as a man determined to be close to power and never too far in front of public opinion. Lippmann was flattered when President-elect Kennedy came calling to ask advice on picking a Secretary of State (when Kennedy would not accept Adlai Stevenson, it was Lippmann who...
As the U.S. mulls over the relationship with its allies these days, it may be no more sure of what makes for good friendship than what makes for good government, of where kindliness becomes interference, assistance domination: these are the old familiar battle lines. For their part, the allies may...
(4 of 10) disputed a linesman's calls, unleashed grimaces, tossed racquets or bashed balls. "Iceborg" they called him. In an era when tennis was turning from a game of gentlefolk to a showcase for the antics of ill-mannered Nastases, petulant Connorses and adolescent McEnroes, Borg seemed right out...