Word: shyness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...must record the further adventures of our new President at the many receptions given in his honor. We once gave out the notion that he was shy, but we now think that he has had shyness thrust upon him. Several nights ago the "haute monde" of Back Bay tendered him a reception at Mrs. Hank Gardiner's Palace, Fenway Court. Droves of guests arrived, long before Mr. Conant, and gave their names to the list-checker at the door. Finally a lank man in spectacles appeared at the door, walking towards the dazzling show. He was quickly stopped...
...first smart move occurred in a Childs' restaurant in Washington late one night in 1919. Lieut. Eugene Vidal, stationed at Camp Humphreys, Va., observed a beauteous, dark-haired girl in a debutante party nearby. Overcoming his extreme shyness he contrived to meet her that night and again next day. She was Nina Gore, daughter of Oklahoma's blind Senator Thomas Pryor Gore. They were married...
...memory of Norman Foster in that epitome of dullness, "Pilgrimage," serves to turn the reviewer against that noble gentleman, but it cannot be said that his schoolboy shyness in speech and action go amiss in "Walls of Gold." It is still difficult, however, to watch him when he is angry. Mr. Foster should confine himself to such parts as he played in "State Fair...
...Conant's shyness, the big note in the Transcript's stories of last year, has not disappeared over the summer. Probably it has increased a bit, as the following piece of news should prove. Needing a secretary in his new job, President Conant was given the name of Vernon Munroe, '31. Vernon was summering on the Cape, when he received a call from Cambridge. The ensuing conversation was on this order...
...greatest natural gift is being able to switch off the current of his personality whenever he wishes to be unnoticed in company. He can look heavy and stupid, even vulgar; and uses this power constantly in self-protection. . . . He is uncomfortable with strangers: this is what is called his shyness. . . . He avoids eating with other people. ... He hates waiting more than two minutes for a meal or spending more than five minutes on a meal." He eats anything from diseased camel meat up. Says he, "To me, all food is alike except oysters and parsley. I don't like oysters...