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Word: skittered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fife-and-drum bands that have been playing in these hills since the Civil War, then dances around it with virtuoso rock and jazz accents. Luther, 27, his soft features framed by thick black curls, finger picks his Gibson hollow body and uses a bottleneck slide to make it skitter and howl. Garry Burnside locks in to the groove on bass (Chew is off working today, driving a truck for Williams-Sonoma), David Kimbrough Jr. adds a slinky guitar part, and Kenny Kimbrough wails on a conga. The instruments chase each other around the barn, hanging on a single chord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coldwater, Miss.: These Hills Are Alive | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...Buchanans, especially with one of them referring to himself in the third person. Something in his gaze told me he doesn't ever sleep, and might possibly breathe through his eyes. As I was about to learn, he has been lying in wait for just the right moment to skitter out and chip away at George W. Bush and Al Gore, and that moment has arrived. Buchanan's plans this week include everything from national television appearances to a St. Patrick's Day fund-raising bash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McLean, Virginia: Here Comes Pat, Right On Cue | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

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