Word: timidation
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...goats was suddenly confronted by a stranger its legs would freeze stiff, it would topple, lie still on the ground. Once Mr. Goode walked up to the herd, clapped his hands. The entire herd toppled. Neighbors for miles around discussed Mr. Goode's goats, who were so timid that they fainted at the slightest excuse...
...issue," said Senator Costigan, "may be postponed by a reluctant timid or suppliant majority of the Senate, driven or hypnotized by the allurements or hostility of White House, financial or industrial interests. It cannot, however, be evaded. ... It involves nothing less than the inalienable right of American citizens to life...
From a legal standpoint the telegram, if genuine, was interesting. But to read it to a National Assembly was an old man's folly. By excusing the Thirteenth Alfonso as "timid," loyal old Count de Romanones sealed such doom as Spain's National Assembly could inflict...
...chewed cud quietly for five days. Most valuable per pound were two lion-headed goldfish valued at $500 each. Youngest were a litter of white mice born just as the show closed. Most popular was a baby elephant known variously as Bozo, Buddy and Buck. Least popular was a timid young skunk, which was shunned by all until officials explained that it had been deodorized...
Native sentiment for independence is politically organized and vocal, but not conclusively a majority. Opposition to independence is large, timid, unorganized. Politics is a big local industry which has outstripped economics. The islands are not yet ripe for freedom. They need economic development. It would be bad enough to turn them loose in good times but immediate independence during Depression would be their ruin...