Word: timidation
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...Senate: "Always attack, never defend." He believes that a pugnacity gap kept Democrats out of the White House through the '80s. Now, as he runs for President, he proposes to fill that gap by waging class warfare against George Bush and guerrilla operations against Democrats he considers timid. "The only thing Americans like less than a dirty fighter," he says, "is someone who won't fight back...
...their vote -- or throw cans, bottles and even bags of urine. Says Mayor Knight: "People who in my wildest dreams would never protest -- much less put themselves in a position to be arrested -- have done just that." The abortion debate has a way of inducing indignation even among the timid and indecisive. "I came out of the closet a week ago," says pro-choicer Paul Wilson, 75. "The silent majority is sick and tired of this invasion by outsiders...
...dissident, the oddball and the minority, however wrongheaded from one's own point of view, we should learn to hear the echoes of men like Jefferson and Paine. They didn't goose-step to the tune of the reigning authority. They didn't shut up when more timid souls said it wasn't wise to speak. And suppose they had? Then the flag we'd be pinning to our lapels today would be the Union Jack...
Feldman remembers herself as a timid first-year in 1962, on her way to the first session of a freshman seminar. The seminar was being held at the Faculty Club, and women were not allowed in the front door...
...season, Harvard faced the Wildcats at Ohiri field, dropping a disappointing 8-7 defeat. Despite the somewhat surprising loss, the team had not yet evolved and learned to play as a complete whole. UNH, a veteran squad, was able to capitalize on Harvard's lack of cohesiveness and timid play...