Word: sheepishness
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...matter, he's break him in." As the Nutcracker's hussars battle the mice the dynamics of the struggle are special: the guns fire and "Marie saw sugar balls landing in the serried ranks of the mice, who were spattered with white powder which made them feel very sheepish." A battery of artillery firing jawbreakers does the most damage. And the mice stain the bright red jackets of the hussars by firing foul smelling pellets...
...Scotty, Bauer has an oversized Jaw and a confident swagger. He provides a sharp contrast to Mickey's rather nerdy, sheepish husband. Bauer is at his best when he plays t he symbolic usurper: a furtive and shadowy man who captivates the lonely Mickey. But when he tries to demonstrate any-complexity, he talks out of the side of his mouth and mumbles his lines Barbara Williams' confusion is more appropriate, as she struggles with shallow lines and her growing interest in the interloper...
...never tried their puckish prank. Whenever Per put his rucksack down, the arm inside made such a resounding clunk that his companions took to teasing him. Per, they said, must be the vandal who had alarmed the city's police force. And so that very night, the sheepish boys aroused a drowsy policeman and placed the severed limb before him. Before Per and Mike can live happily ever after, they may have to pay for the mermaid's repair. And that is likely to cost them...
Continental could still see some bright spots last week. With its solvency at least temporarily assured, customers started to return their money. "Some were a bit sheepish that they were stampeded by a rumor," one bank executive noted. "We don't blame them, but they damn near did us in." Other depositors, however, seemed determined to stay away. Said one wealthy Chicagoan, who shifted the more than $1 million in his children's trust fund to First Chicago: "The worst four-letter word in banking is risk, and Continental took too many of them...
While Victor roams the beaches and cruises nightclubs. Matthew begins an affair with Jennifer, the adolescent. Gelbart and Stevens must have thought that Rio exudes an atmosphere that sparks improbable romances. How else could one explain the affair between the sheepish Matthew and the sultry Jennifer. Since no legitimate explanation can be gleaned from the script, we are forced to believe Jennifer's explanation, when she tells Nicki "I've always had a crush on your father...