Word: skittishly
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...nothing really new about demanding a resumption of arms inspections. If the timing suggests a renewed interest in going after Saddam, that's probably because debate continues in the administration over what to do about Iraq. And if uncertainty over Washington's intentions following its Afghan victory makes Saddam skittish, that's exactly where the Bush administration wants...
...anthrax, it's also murder on mice, roaches and all manner of other vermin that may elude conventional extermination. But as the gas dissipates, it leaves behind a fine, white powder that looks rather like the contents of the original letter sent to Daschle--the last thing skittish Senate staff members and postal employees want to find on their desks and machinery when they return to work...
...some observers are skeptical that passengers will come back to the plane, British Airways officials think the Concorde crowd, dominated by high-priced, powerful people who really do believe time is money, will return. Travel experts say that the Concorde's unmatched speed will likely draw back even those skittish business passengers who since Sept. 11 have avoided commercial flights by flying chartered corporate jets. "People ask me if there will ever be a supersonic business jet," says Bannister. "I tell them, 'You're looking at it,'" pointing to British Airways' first Concorde to be modified, the Alpha Foxtrot...
...Taliban and Northern Alliance forces at Mazari al-Sharif and north of Kabul despite the three-week air campaign. This looks like long war, then, in which the U.S. and Britain may be forced to take greater risks on the ground, even as some alliance partners grow skittish about the onset of winter snows and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan...
...post idiotic things on her website,” says Borowitz. “The right to be trivial is protected in wartime. You cannot work and be serious all the time. We will laugh again, maybe not at Zoolander, but we will laugh. People are scared and skittish but the laughter will...