Word: recoil
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...hadn't helped her find a job. Since perjury is exceptionally difficult to prove--especially when the witness is as skilled at evasion as Clinton--it is questionable whether any of these misleading statements could be grounds for impeachment, as the prosecutor claims. And there is reason to recoil at some of Starr's tactics; he included far more sexual detail than was necessary to prove his point, and at times ignored or discounted evidence that contradicts his case. Still, many Americans--even those who have long assumed Clinton was lying--will be appalled by the depths of the President...
...talk, but he got nowhere. "Derivatives, even if played by the rules, are a deadly game," says Greenspan. "I was very concerned about my bank's exposure." CIBC isn't an isolated case. Among U.S. institutions the dollar amounts are so huge and the risks so high that bankers recoil when the topic is raised. But they may soon have to talk...
...father of the family doesn't ever appear on stage--yet his presence shatters scenes with the slamming of a door and the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. Other characters recoil at the sound of his proximity, and his oppression is felt many scenes after he abandons his family...
Flight sims and air-combat games like LucasArts' new Shadows of the Empire: Battle for Hoth, shown above, use force feedback to the fullest. Gamers can feel the resistance as planes pull out of dives, the recoil from missile and machine-gun fire and, for those less fortunate, the shattering impact of an unexpected crash...
Ever since the wily serpent urged Eve to take that fateful bite out of the apple, snakes have been on just about everybody's enemies list. In the Old West, calling someone a "rattlesnake" or "snake in the grass" could get you shot. Even newborn monkeys recoil instantly when shown the image of a snake. Is there anyone who has something good to say about the creatures...