Linda Abraham, founder of Accepted.com, says schools shouldn't be nettled by applicants' preparations.

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But it also became clear, when my questions about the wisdom or otherwise of disbanding the Iraqi army visibly nettled him, that he was a man uncomfortable with press scrutiny.

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Asked about this, Mr Rajapakse says the Tigers will be forced to talk and, in a gesture he uses when nettled, shoves his bare feet firmly back into his sandals.

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Though his thuggish networking often nettled those who worked with him in Brussels, where he was feared and disliked by many a Eurocrat, Mr Lamy's ease in both the American and European political cultures could prove an asset, though not a clinching one, in trade disputes.

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