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But in a state like Connecticut, where Democrats flipped seats in the most recent local elections, this timidity makes no sense.
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There are those who would write her off, and perhaps her timidity before America’s facilitation of Gaza’s destruction has earned that dismissal.
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Her skin—something known as Frubber, a porous patented blend of fleshlike elastic polymers—stretched over a structure of plastic and titanium, and there was no flicker of bashfulness.
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Your Chinese colleague speaks softly in a meeting; is that cultural deference or introversion?
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Japan’s players, initially reverential to the point of deference in Zico’s presence, came out of their shells.
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Still, his courtiers seemed to be encouraging him to lean into sheepishness.
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Less money coming into government coffers also means fewer goodies for the population of Moscow, whose acquiescence Putin desperately needs.
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But the balance of risks has changed Europe’s era of acquiescence is over.
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The smile didn’t come immediately, but suddenly the shyness gave way and her smile stretched from ear to ear.
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Then the release, the arrival, the return to self, and a lazy, funny sort of shyness.
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Never a forward accused of timidness, his offside restraint is not down to any reluctance to make surging runs in behind.
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The Denver Post editorial is a master class in timidness and in saying nothing of import.
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To come up with its study, the company looked at different factors that equate to quietness, including monthly search volume, visitor ratings, average summer temperatures, access to nearby restaurants and bars, and availability of accommodations.
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The last rays of the setting sun lit the distant Saw Tooth Mountains away to the west, while a quietness settled like a huge soft blanket spread over the wilderness.
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