Word: skittishness
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...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...
Whereas the first two Die Hard films made smart use of their enclosed locations, this one devolves into a skittish travelogue that ends up in Canada. Still, Willis' aggrieved burliness is always persuasive, and red-meat lovers will have an agreeably volatile two hours of fantasy-if, that is, they can keep one word out of their minds: militia. A scary scenario on that subject is doubtless being drafted for next summer's macho blockbuster...
...special handlers, who are often based in another country. The CIA's Office of Central Cover must assign a staff member to handle a NOC officer's personal affairs and keep his real-life bills paid while he leads his cover life. Companies providing the cover are understandably skittish about having it blown. Time contacted half a dozen Fortune 500 firms to ask if they accepted NOC officers. Most either refused to comment or said they do not participate. ``There's a real serious concern about the risk of exposure,'' said an executive for a high-tech company that once...
...implementation of the peace accords. It was a stunning pronouncement coming from so dovish a leader. Though several members of Rabin's Cabinet quietly backed the suggestion, the Prime Minister ignored it and insisted that the process of establishing Palestinian self-rule would go on. But his aides are skittish about the prospects for progress. Said Uri Savir, director-general of the Foreign Ministry: ``We need a profound change of direction to make the next stage a success...