Word: timide
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Students, though, haven't been timid about shaping the University. One might wonder what students at the Law School hope to learn if they believe themselves as able as the faculty to choose the school's leader. Yet students occupied part of Harkness Commons last month to demand that Derrick Bell, a Black professor who later showed up at the sit-in with wine and brie, be given the post. The occupation ended when the administration announced the students' agenda was consistent with the school's aims--but stood firm and refused to promise any of several demanded appointments...
Representing the first, albeit timid, step toward the merger of Harvard and Radcliffe, the Class of '63 was followed by the establishment of coed living in 1971 and merged admissions in 1977. But while the College has moved toward integration of the sexes, it has retained subtle divisions. And today the female students of Harvard are still plagued by that anachronistic separation--that feeling of being admitted on an equal basis with their male counterparts, but not entirely...
...unenforceable indictment against a foreign leader seriously considered? Or the political embarrassment of plea bargaining with a thug? Why did Washington act before properly assessing Noriega's strength with the Panama Defense Forces (PDF) he commands? And why conduct a policy that was at once too public and too timid...
...case of semiconductors, Government action may have been too timid and tardy. In 1986 U.S. manufacturers complained that the Japanese were unfairly "dumping" computer memory chips -- exporting them at prices lower than production costs. As a result, Japan signed an agreement to stop the practice and open its market to American semiconductors. Last year the U.S. charged that Japan had not lived up to the agreement, and imposed higher tariffs against several of its products, including power tools and laptop computers. But by that time the Japanese had already come to dominate the American market for memory chips. U.S. manufacturers...
Upon first sight of Damon, the voracious Crimson licked its collective lips. In warmups he conceded a lack of power by throwing an array of timid breaking balls. Marcel Durand, the Crimson leadoff batter made the hurler look even more vulnerable when he laced a single into right field. But for the next eight-and-one-third innings, Damon was untouchable...