Word: timidation
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...should detract from the credit due Mr. Howe for his accomplishments, but since he is a product of 200 years of New England Americanism, is it Canada or Yankee upbringing that made him possible? . . . You admit until recently Canadians were timid about investing their own funds in Canada's enterprises. Therefore, it was Yankee cash and nerve that showed the way and took the early gamble. Give credit where credit is due. ALLAN S. RICHARDSON Denver...
...speak in general terms of the action we should take in the event of a breach of the truce, and I used the words 'prompt, resolute and effective.' I do not believe they were bad words to use. Certainly . . . they are better than 'tardy, timid and fatuous.'" He had made, he added, to the obvious relief of his listeners, "no final commitment...
This spirit of growing confidence, both at home & abroad, has helped attract an ample supply of fresh capital to keep the boom going. Canadian investors, who were once somewhat timid about their own prospects, last year plowed back a record 22% of their national income into new development. United States, British and Swiss capital is rushing into the bullish Canadian market. American investors have put more than $7 billion into Canada, the heaviest U.S. stake in any foreign country. And the flow is increasing steadily, as Canada shows that she has both the wealth and the men to work...
Nothing but Color. In public, Cézanne was a granitic misanthrope who could snarl through his snarled beard: "Compared to me, my compatriots are asses. I detest them all." Privately, he was racked with self-doubt: "I am a timid man, a bohemian, and people laugh at me." Late in life, he confessed that his painting had "made some progress. Why so late and so painfully...
Spaak glared at the assembled statesmen. "I cannot in conscience approve any longer of the timid policy of this Assembly," he thundered. "Therefore, I have decided to resign at this critical point and devote myself more actively to the fight for a united Europe...