Word: timidity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...around the planet, including contingents from every branch of the service deployed on three continents, well within shooting distance of hot combat zones-Lebanon, Chad, Central America. This show of force represents nothing so grand or explicit as a "Reagan Doctrine." But President Reagan is clearly not a bit timid about using U.S. military might abroad to serve what he sees as important national ends. "This President," says White House Chief of Staff James Baker, "has shown that the U.S. can project American power abroad in a prudent and responsible...
Twenty-five years ago, it was among the healthiest of Japanese industries: six thriving studios produced 503 films that sold more than 1.1 billion tickets in 7,067 theaters. Today, in an entertainment world that moves to Sony Walkman rhythms and Pac-Man blips, Japanese cinema is troubled and timid. The five studios that have survived the national movie recession of the past decade or so-Toho, Toei, Shochiku, Nikkatsu and Daiei-find their profits in real estate, supermarket chains, Kabuki theater troupes and bowling alleys. Most of the 322 films produced last year were roman poruno, or lowbudget, soft...
Anderson (Looks around anxiously--then a timid smile of relief) THANKS...
...tempting power vacuum. Business and labor leaders know that if they want anything done quickly they must go to the general because problems referred to the President's office all too often become entangled in bureaucratic red tape. The Honduran Congress, which was restored in 1982, has been timid about exercising its constitutional powers, although the recent U.S.-Honduran military talks may prompt reluctant legislators to make a show of protest. Carlos Orbín Montoya, vice president of Congress, has openly questioned whether Alvarez had the power to negotiate the deal with Washington...
...elected to the Royal Academy until age 52, and even then he had the humiliation of seeing his first entry as a member to its annual show rejected by his colleagues-Constable did not have the knack of getting on with clients or fellow artists. He was timid, prickly, complacent and sardonic by turns. "Why, this is not drawing, but inspiration?' exclaimed William Blake over one of his tree studies. "I never knew it before," Constable snapped. "I meant it for drawing...