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The NYT says that the Albanians have been more "prickly" than anticipated, hesitating to sign an agreement that doesn't explicitly promise an eventual referendum on self-governance for the region, a stance the LAT also reports.
A WP front page piece examines a prickly side-effect of the Starr report's release: the heightened risk of curious ten-year-olds asking parents what "oral sex" is.
Maybe I was too prickly about Lemann's treatment of the California Civil Rights Initiative, but let me explain why.
Even though he is the personification of the company, an inside WP story observes that defense lawyers might have viewed him as so "prickly and combustible" as to undermine his own case.
Not to be outdone in creativity, the natural science entries offer pollynose, prickly pig, puppy toes, Quaker bonnet, railroad Annie, and sac-a-lait, among many, many others.