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Nor is it a country at the mercy of skittish foreign investors who must be persuaded to roll over its debt: Japan is still the world's largest creditor.
Countries in debt usually prefer raising bonds, which are cheaper to finance than regular loans, but Japan seems skittish about issuing new bonds, which could upset its bond market or provoke scrutiny from credit companies.
A piece suggests that Americans are not as skittish about battle casualties as the conventional wisdom dictates: During the Gulf War, 84 percent of Americans backed the use of ground troops.
Maggie is a great role for Roberts, who can be alternately warm and skittish, promiscuous and clammy.
Roberts began her career with a supernatural amount of charisma and sometimes wobbly technique: She was a skittish thoroughbred who needed to be handled (i.e.