11. That role requires vulnerability, but also prickliness , irony, and sexiness and humor and sensitivity. 12. For all his feats in cleats Bonds never has been widely embraced, on account of his prickliness . 13. But Pal's prickliness vanished when he spoke of his beloved mountains and the art they have inspired. 14. In his music, there can be a certain punkish prickliness , as well as some sexual and sensual matters. 15. A former majority leader himself, his prickliness about senatorial prerogatives and rambling floor speeches citing Roman history are legend. 16. There was Tim Dempsey, a Republican and McCain backer who wasn't entirely happy with the candidates'prickliness . 17. Much of North Korea's notorious prickliness may come from an acute awareness that it has badly lost the development race. 18. America's new prickliness in the trade realm also explains Asia's new fixation on who is making decisions in Washington. 19. WellPoint defends this fiscal prickliness by pointing to the need of its customers _ employers and individual policyholders _ to hold down costs. 20. Seemingly innocuous remarks from South African President Nelson Mandela have set off a storm in India, known for prickliness in foreign affairs.
