Word: timide
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...Wild Duck. Henrik Ibsen asked men and women to be honest with themselves. He saw most human beings as hypocrites of the heart, defilers of the mind, and desiccators of the spirit. In his plays he waged an inexorable assault on the timid frauds, the sick souls, and audaciously exposed social dry rot. Integrity was his dramatic Excalibur. The profound irony of The Wild Duck is that it unflinchingly examines the human havoc that can result from so ruthless a devotion to honesty...
...Tomorrow: A timid administration, a fanatic alumni, and a complacent student body caused this year's Bicker revolt to fail, and could keep Princeton's peculiar anachronism around for a long, long time...
According to Marion, the Harvard team started out well, losing the first round only 4-5 against a "timid" N.Y.U. attack. But the Crimson lost its psychological edge in the second and third rounds...
...important source of trouble, said Dr. Greenson, is an increase in hostility between the sexes. "As women in our society have become more assertive and daring," he explained, "men seem to have become more passive and timid." Women, he added, are far more certain of their femininity than men of their masculinity. "A woman is at her most feminine in the company of men. A man in our society feels most manly in the company...
...This is the first time I've seen correct teaching at Holy Cross," Marion said. "They were still very shy and timid, probably because of their inexperience...