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  • Still, I’m glad he’s developing his sound: Skittish is probably one of my top-ten all-time favorite albums, but I don’t know that he could’ve improved upon it while sticking with the dude-and-a-guitar formula.

    Haughty Melodic 2005

  • U.K. Traders May Face 'Skittish' Markets on Delayed Vote Count save to del. icio.us

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2010

  • Skittish lenders also still favor safer rental projects.

    Housing Progress Calculated by City Joseph De Avila 2011

  • Skittish about the film's violence, Warner Bros. almost soft-pedaled the movie's release into an early, anonymous grave, but producer/star Beatty fought to make sure audiences got their say--and of course, they loved it.

    John Farr: On Her 70th Birthday, a Tribute to Faye Dunaway John Farr 2011

  • Skittish foreign investors have bought just a net $700 million of Indian stocks so far this year through Thursday, a tiny fraction of the record $29 billion invested for all of 2010.

    Indian Rupee Weakens Further Shefali Anand 2011

  • Skittish about the film's violence, Warner Bros. almost soft-pedaled the movie's release into an early, anonymous grave, but producer/star Beatty fought to make sure audiences got their say -- and of course, they loved it.

    John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010

  • Skittish about the film's violence, Warner Bros. almost soft-pedaled the movie's release into an early, anonymous grave, but producer/star Beatty fought to make sure audiences got their say--and of course, they loved it.

    John Farr: On Her 70th Birthday, a Tribute to Faye Dunaway John Farr 2011

  • Skittish about the film's violence, Warner Bros. almost soft-pedaled the movie's release into an early, anonymous grave, but producer/star Beatty fought to make sure audiences got their say -- and of course, they loved it.

    John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010

  • Skittish Democratic lawmakers have been eager to leave Washington and address voters in an 11th-hour effort to explain — or distance themselves from — their party's legislative record.

    Lawmakers Head for Exits Janet Hook 2010

  • Skittish about the film's violence, Warner Bros. almost soft-pedaled the movie's release into an early, anonymous grave, but producer/star Beatty fought to make sure audiences got their say -- and of course, they loved it.

    John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis John Farr 2010

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