Word: skittishly
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Born in Los Angeles, Gurwin knew early on that he wanted to be a reporter. Anticipating future interviews with tape recorder-skittish subjects, he learned shorthand in high school. After majoring in journalism at New York University, he wrote for Institutional Investor magazine, first in New York City, then from Hong Kong and London...
Liberal confusion is particularly evident in foreign policy. While conservatives are often willing to use force in an immoral, unprincipled manner, liberals are often too pacifist or too skittish to use military force at all. For example, the Clinton administration vacillated on Bosnia and issued dozens of empty threats and ultimatums. Liberals must realize that force should be used generously for moral purposes...
...says. "The King verdict revolted everyone, but we figured whites would worry most about becoming victims as they drove through the areas they'd escaped for the suburbs." Bush, thought the Bushies, was more likely than Clinton to be seen as capable of stopping such outcomes. "We're skittish about O.J. because we misread King," says the Dole aide. "So it's safest to basically say nothing...
...CABIN REPUBLICANS Not much room in G.O.P. big tent as skittish Bob Dole returns gay group's donation...
Female officers are especially hard hit, they say, because DO managers tend to typecast male case officers as recruiters and relegate women to lower-status "handling" jobs, in which they debrief, nurture and pay previously recruited agents. The women contend that the skill of coaxing sensitive data out of skittish informants ought to be at least as valued as a knack for striking up acquaintances...