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Why have America's Arab allies from Operation Desert Storm been so skittish about a sequel?
And past crashes may make October downturns more likely: Since they have left a psychological scar, investors may be especially skittish during the month.
2 The Spiritual Thing . Candidate Jack Kennedy reassured the nation, skittish about a Catholic in the White House, when he stated, "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute."
That's largely because New York real-estate laws make it nearly impossible to evict a bad tenant, so landlords are skittish about leasing to strangers.
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.