Word: timidation
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Gorbachev's overall performance was a Jekyll-and-Hyde melange of personal charisma and calibrated bluster. He used stock phrases and body language to cajole applause from the 5,000 delegates, who first greeted his criticism of Soviet poor production practices with timid silence. The Pavlovian technique paid off. The second time he complained about slipshod work habits, he received an instant ovation. Jested Gorbachev: "Now I see I have twice won your applause by reminding you of the need for change." At the end of his speech, he glanced at his watch after a minute of applause. The cheers...
Well, Gwen and Alma find a taker--the overripe harem head, Celia Lips (Ty Christopher Warren), who's constantly looking for new blood with which to tempt the timid Sultan Battery the Ever-Ready (Jon Tolins), who's got, well, women problems...
...what classroom experiences were or should have been. Her presence made this shuttle flight different from the 24 that had gone before. She would be our representative in space, carrying the proxy for those of us who cannot go because we are too old or too young or too timid, or too busy holding down jobs, raising families and worrying about the mortgage. She called herself an "ordinary person," and that is how many fellow citizens, stirred and flattered by what she was attempting on their behalf, came to think...
...industry sits glumly waiting for the next big thing, too timid to try something new. For Hollywood, oldies are goodies. In 1985 five of the top ten moneymakers were sequels; the rest were a familiar blend of fantasy, comedy, spy and cop genres. Warns Guy McElwaine, who runs Columbia Pictures: "There's never any such thing as paying too much attention to the bottom line. If you don't make money, you aren't going to make movies." Right now, though, the sort of movie that makes money--perhaps as much as $1 billion over five years--lasts half...
...gown. Instead of leaving at midnight like a proper Cinderella, as is the royal custom, she was still dancing at 2:30. A month later, while Charles was away, her sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale persuaded Diana to go to a country house ball in Leicestershire. The bachelors were too timid to ask her to dance. Exercising royal fiat, Diana grabbed one young man and said, "Come on, for goodness sake, let's dance." She did, until...