Word: timidities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sees it, would take over the power-and-flood-control operations of a fistful of such federal agencies as the Army Engineers and the Department of the Interior. It would coordinate these activities into a pattern that is now significantly lacking in the Columbia Valley; it would replace the timid splinter programs of the federal bureaus with a unified plan on the order of the one that worked so well in the Tennessee Valley...
...timid suitor is held captive by his almost stepsons during Act II. At the end of the act a policeman finally comes in, and sweet, lovable Ma is forced to use some Judo on him which on of the sons has taught her. As the officer lies stunned on the floor, the second act curtain descends with Ma sighing, "A mother's work is never done...
...present race course is a pretty timid affair, running for about the nine miles along Perini's poorly-built parkway, then over the well known overpass into Wellesley to the finish line in front of the Alumnae Hall. There is one difficult hill on Route 9 which extends about half a mile. Such spectators as can drag themselves out of bed and out to Wellesley by 10:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning should stand on the hill to the left of the Quad to get the best view of the racers, and their attached bicycles...
Chuck got his wings in March 1943 as a flight officer, a warrant rank below the level of the commissioned officers. He joined the 363rd Fighter Squadron and went to England in December. The timid boy from Hamlin flew 64 combat missions, shot down 13 German airplanes, won a captaincy and a hatful of decorations...
Since this and previous surveys showed that there were more small investors in the market than most brokers had thought, Hornblower & Weeks last week opened a new $100,000 office in Chicago designed chiefly for the convenience of small traders. Example: it had 20 small offices where timid customers might discuss their affairs in privacy...