Word: stutteringly
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Harvard students can explain anything from the Kantian moral imperative to the Gram-Schmidt reduction of linear algebra with the fluency of a matriarch's Yiddish and the passion reserved for TV evangelists. But ask them what they want to do after graduation and responses stall and stutter...
Holding the ball on the right wing, Scott gave a little stutter-step to his left and drove to his right leaving the Wooster defender in his wake. While the defense recovered from the shake-and-bake move, Scott showed some serious ups by throwing down an authoritative, one-handed, tomahawk dunk...
...This isn't a plea for sympathy; along with their self-doubt, journalists are given to insufferable vanity and sanctimony. And if you're like most Americans, you despise them for it. But look a little closer, and see the newsreader's eyes widen when the TelePrompTer starts to stutter, or see the slight tremble in the hand that holds the notepad when the survivors tell the reporter to mind his own damn business. Look a little closer, and then the jig is up. Somewhere in the dim recesses of the journalistic soul lies the horrible suspicion: this is really...
...others will find reluctantly rewarding. It is understandable that people might want to leave this winter scene to spend the weekend where the grass is visible and the dogs are not so empowered. But the bobcats are worth watching, their halogens shooting into the attacking snow as their engines stutter and their wheels squeal in the effort to shovel the snow from street to curb. The dogs won't run on clean streets. The cars will, though. The bikes might still encounter some icy trouble...
Even in the best of circumstances, the lift-off will not be pretty. Growth will stutter more than roar. And unemployment rates, which will reach an estimated 11.7% this year in the E.U. and 2.8% in Japan, will decline only after the economic recovery has been better established. Herewith, tidings from the various fronts...