Word: skittishly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...important as the recitative. Cesti's gift for melody was so great that his tunes were often pilfered, and he knew far better than his contemporaries how to weld the melody of an opera to its drama. Orontea, a typical Cesti product, is the story of a skittish Egyptian queen who spurns all suitors because in her "breast love dwells not." But when a handsome shipwrecked sailor emerges from the sea, she becomes so unnerved that she 1) falls in love with him, 2) slashes to pieces a portrait he has painted of her. and 3) decides to marry...
Other critics share Howe's doubts about the strength of the University's legal arguments. Among them is Robert G. McCloskey, professor of Government, who described the administration's policy toward Seeger as "unduly skittish." McCloskey felt the decision was "odd," and claimed that "people ought to be allowed to speak if student organizations want them...
Miss Rule is attractive as both dame and deity; Ritchard is resourceful at several kinds of deviltry; and when the two dance together, there are moments of charm. But even the better shenanigans get skittish or noisy, and the Offenbach delights are dulled by weak voices or smart-alecky words. Musically, The Happiest Girl in the World is much like re-encountering a bewitching Paris charmer on the sands, and in the spirit, of Coney Island. Squeezed between all that is heavy-handed in the show and all that is tawdry, what has merit is left gasping...
Khrushchev's assiduous wooing of the small nations paid some dividends. Though they were still skittish about his attacks on Dag Hammarskjold, some of them listened attentively to Khrushchev's demand that the U.N. be redesigned and headed by a triumvirate of Western, Communist and neutral powers. In typically tentative fashion, Nehru argued, "The structure of the U.N. when it started was weighted in favor of Europe and the Americas. Although the executive should not be weakened, probably some structural changes would be desirable...
What all this meant to U.S. business at large was that though manufacturers' new orders have lately dropped, businessmen will have to reorder if the consumer keeps on buying at his present rate. Even the skittish stock market showed some cheer at this prospect. Though the bears on Wall Street had widely prophesied that the skidding market would break through its previous low for the year (reached in March) and continue its drop, they were disappointed. The market went right down to its low, then turned around and rallied. It ended the week at 607.62 on the Dow-Jones...