Word: timidation
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There she sat, her little chocolate-brown eyes peering up at me from a familiar-looking face. Meek, if a bit intimidated, she squeaked out a timid greeting: “I’m glad you’re ‘home...
Obsession, often subliminally sexual, is Rendell's favorite terrain. The title story evokes an eerie and doomed romance between a timid woman and her friend's too pretty husband, a closet transvestite. The Orchard Walls tells of adultery and long-concealed vengeance from the viewpoint of a bystander, a girl on the brink of puberty, in whose mind daydreams and overheard dalliances fatally mingle. Rendell sketches a close-knit, gossipy group of old women in The Convolvulus Clock. One of them impulsively steals an artist-designed timepiece. Guilt and fear of disapproval from her friends slowly drive her cuckoo. Father...
...Fred Bergsten, director of the Washington-based Institute for International Economics. Others are more pessimistic. Kenneth S. Rogoff, a former research director at the International Monetary Fund, says: "One has to be very concerned that we will see total trade paralysis over the next five years." Avoiding such a timid outcome in Hong Kong is the sort of challenge Mandelson relishes. A passionate and ambitious man, he is complex almost to the point of contradiction: a former member of the Young Communist League who served as Britain's Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, a committed pro-European appointed...
...Visible scene assistance is just one comfort for the timid shooter. The camera also boasts an automated red-eye removal tool. I couldn't totally test it because it happens on the fly, but I never saw red-eye during my test shooting. The D-Lighting feature brightens shots. This is an optional measure, one whose results you can preview before agreeing to do it. There's also a crop tool right on the camera. When reviewing a shot, zoom in to where you'd prefer it be bordered, then press down on the shutter. The camera will...
...TIME: Some have grumbled that the generals and admirals are becoming too timid because Rumsfeld controls their promotions and he hasn't been shy about getting rid of folks he doesn't agree with. Is that true...