Word: skittishly
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...Penguin: "He's the world's worst orchestra leader." Said Caesar: "This is not kind. In fact I am going to take umbrage; sometimes I have a headache and I take umbrage." While Caesar took umbrage. Susan took over Caesar's baton, whirled around on her skittish feet and led the band...
...chance that Comet Arend-Roland will be the first really bright comet since 1910 (Halley's, not due to be seen again by earthlings until about 1984), but astronomers hate to make predictions about comets. Far from behaving like respectable members of the solar system, they are skittish and unpredictable. They wax and wane capriciously. Some of them grow magnificent tails; others...
...Tribune readers the brand of personalized reporting that has all but disappeared from the nation's sport sections. Few of her male colleagues would bother to bat against the Phillies' Robin Roberts to get their baseball stories. But Denny McCluggage is willing and able to tool a skittish sports car through a major race, or rocket down a mountainside in a ski meet to give her stories an expert's touch. Her bylined stories are often self-consciously worded, but they usually sparkle with a personal flair. "There's a certain feeling that one gets...
...love with Anna van Neerdaam. whose ancestors came over with Peter Stuyvesant. When their kissing sessions turn serious, Pat develops qualms, for he is a Roman Catholic and Anna is not. The religious tracts he urges upon her not only fail to resolve her doubts but turn her skittish on the question of marrying...
...Trapped. Bolger has a pleasant mishmash of old favorites (The Old Soft Shoe, Window Dresser Goes to Bed) and some skittish originals stored up in his dancing pumps, and is not worried about burning up material-the perennial worry of TV comics. "I'm mostly concerned about my own personality running out," he says. "These TV shows whirl around like a revolving door. You have to watch out you don't get trapped...