Word: coy
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There's nothing evasive or coy about them. They don't pander to greed, resentment, or envy. They are not locked in the logic or the rhetoric of the '70s. They are the kind of proposal that made the Democratic party and made the middle class of this country, the kind of proposal that will serve the social, physical and economic well-being of the people of this state. True, they reflect changed realities, but they also reflect a constancy of purpose, and finally, a political honesty about who we are, where we are, and what we must...
...most endearing feature of Jeffreys' music is his 'little boy lost' persona; a coy optimism pervades his slower, reflective tumes, and the tight, driving street-smart playing of the Rumour emboldens the unpretentious "I May Not Be Your Kind" and "Bound to Get Ahead Someday...
...come out, John, I'll let you serve," coaxed a coy Billie Jean King. "You can even pick your own linesman." This last promise was one her quarry couldn't resist, and out from backstage came a head-banded, curly-haired, racquet-wielding Snoopy masquerading as a mild-mannered John McEnroe. The arena was the Grand Ballroom at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria, as the Second Annual Women's Sports Foundation dinner served a sizable helping of awards and raised some $80,000 to encourage women's participation in sports. "I adore John," Billie...
...moral degenerates leading the parade. The Negroes of America have a Congress that would tomorrow enact Webster's Dictionary into law with a civil rights label on it." Even 17th century metaphysicians were not safe. Helms chastised a state university teacher for assigning Andrew Marvell's poem To His Coy Mistress. The instructor was removed...
...Nickleby was drawn together for its opening last June, all the frantic arranging and joining suddenly appeared to be seamless. "I felt I could even walk into a scene I wasn't normally part of," remarks Suzanne Bertish, a young actress who does hilarious turns as a comely, coy actress and a provincial harridan. "The acting was that deep, that explored...