"show ankle" query

[sagehen]

>    Today I received a request from William Safire's assistant, Juliet
>Mohnkern, concerning a recent NY Times use of "show ankle":
> 'Former White House officials said they were surprised to hear of any
>rift between Mr. Rove and Mr. Libby. ''One of their strengths was that
>they worked together,'' said Lawrence B. Wilkerson, a former State
>Department official who has become a critic of how the administration had
>handled Iraq.  "They didn't show any ankle -- it was always a team
>effort."'
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 Trying to tie this to long-forgotten pudery srikes me as an unlikely
reach.  Isn't it more likely a trip-up of the tongue caught between
"rancor" & "anger"? AM

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