Given the importance of trying to bolster economic independence in the overall plan for Afghanistan, the skittish responses and decreasing investment and hiring strike right at hopes that this impoverished nation, still barely on the cusp of modernity, can thrive on its own.
As a result, Mr. Pierro said, the only answer the seller can give with any certainty is "unknown" -- a response that could well cause concern for skittish buyers.
Initially, Durham's response was reliant upon Stoneman, who produced the only skittish innings of the day, a run-a-ball 52.
The flute's skittish riffs and winding lyrical lines sometimes ignite agitated orchestral responses; at other times they are cushioned by subdued, sustained harmonies.
They have given practice tests to help local residents get census jobs, believing they will be less skittish about approaching houses and will be less likely to evoke a hostile response.
"A lot of individual investors are skittish, and they will sell first and ask questions later," Mr. Kelly said of the expected response.
Foreign investors are skittish.
So investors are skittish.
Castellanos was understandably skittish.
