Now the same prickliness is clear when his track record as President is on the docket. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Endgame] Reference
Whether or not the prickliness is justified, the military does bridle at civilian imposition on military culture. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Don’t Ask Don’t Tell] Reference
This "prickliness", for lack of a better word, can even turn fatal, as countless "honor killings" can attest. From Wordnik.com. [Does Islam make its adherents violent?] Reference
His problems have also exposed a once seldom-seen prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [A Nasty Turn On Immigrants] Reference
But did you find any signs of this prickliness on either side?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Gene Sperling] Reference
Defense A Played with more efficiency, prickliness and passion. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Khabibulin shuts the door as Lightning even series] Reference
But the fact is that there had been some prickliness about that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2004] Reference
Tonight, however, her prickliness brought him a sense of relief. From Wordnik.com. [Mourn Not Your Dead] Reference
Republicans and Democrats alike acknowledge McCain's prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [The McCain Mutiny] Reference
Summers, 55, is renowned as much for his prickliness as for his sharp mind. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's finance guru Larry Summers resigns] Reference
Asked how he developed the prickliness in his game, he said, "I hate to lose.". From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - First-round breakdown] Reference
Since last season's first-round departure, they've improved their prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - First-round playoff preview] Reference
Of course, she's turned her prickliness into an art and I think it works for her. From Wordnik.com. [Gotcha! Being interviewed by the media] Reference
And then of course, I had been underestimating the prickliness of Creeley's work. From Wordnik.com. [swoonrocket] Reference
Each snub is met with a counter-snub; every kindness by suspicion and prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [Sunil Sharan: Enemy in Need can be Friend Indeed] Reference
Judging by their ill-tempered, uptight prickliness, some of them need a good poking. From Wordnik.com. [Camille Paglia has an "increasing sense of forboding" about the election.] Reference
You might think that she would give evidence of his prickliness or whininess, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Response to Susan Lee, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
And I think one of the ways we need to deal with cynicism is get off the prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: The Women of the Senate Discuss 'The Women of the Senate' - July 26, 2000] Reference
Two things: 1. Susan's accusation of prickliness was part of the substance of her piece. From Wordnik.com. [Response to Susan Lee, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I yelped from an eerie sensation that was part pain, part numbness, and part prickliness. From Wordnik.com. ['Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out'] Reference
Defenseman Bryce Salvador's development also has improved the team's prickliness quotient. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Tkachuk missing ingredient for Blues] Reference
How foolish to have forgotten that it was Helena with all her prickliness to whom he was married. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Bride]
Beijing's new prickliness could be a rookie's immature swagger — or a sign of rough times to come. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. of Who?] Reference
Not known as much of a charmer, Specter's prickliness earned him a nickname on the Hill: Snarlin 'Arlen. From Wordnik.com. [Suddenly Seeking Specter] Reference
I suppose kids of a certain age have a reputation for prickliness, but I actually think that's pretty over-rated. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
How leaving aside his prickliness, did you and your ilk in the White House press corps do a little too much of that?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2001] Reference
Yet while Obama's prickliness about his own patriotism sounds familiar, there are some differences this time around. From Wordnik.com. [Patriotism Again] Reference
Anger and prickliness are common ways of dealing with the frustration of no longer being sure what's going on around you. From Wordnik.com. [Prickly McCain Refuses To Define "Honor" In Interview] Reference
And it doesn't take a genius to fathom the prickliness of hospital owners with an interest in attracting overseas customers. From Wordnik.com. [How to (Super)bug an Aspiring Superpower] Reference
Strachey, the bitchily brilliant author of "Eminent Victorians," wasn't an easy man to like, and Pryee honors his prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Bloomsbury Style] Reference
The textures described are the textures of feminine connections, in all their coarseness, softness, prickliness, slinkiness or comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Lily Bevan: Nora Ephron's 'Love Loss And What I Wore': Better Than a Therapist's Couch] Reference
The cactus symbolize for me the prickliness of criticism. From Wordnik.com. [nakedpastor] Reference
Her life has been reduced to pickles, preserves and prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Maybe that's why this project, though lighthearted, has some of the prickliness. From Wordnik.com. [Kentucky.com: Homepage] Reference
But the traveller, reduced to a sweltering prickliness by his exertions, wasn't. From Wordnik.com. [We of the Never-Never] Reference
Jobs 'well known (and mostly assumed) prickliness has occassionally been an issue. From Wordnik.com. [The Mac Observer] Reference
Crowley argues that the prickliness of Senator Patrick Leahy undermined his own agenda. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
Perhaps Lindsay's prickliness indicates his desire to succeed and a refusal to compromise. From Wordnik.com. [BBC Ouch! Blog] Reference
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