Word: timidity
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...they didn't realize they were setting off their own explosion. Calling themselves Greenpeace, the Canadians went on to stage demonstrations against sealing and whaling, all with media-savvy stunts, like hovering over a seal pup in front of a huge icebreaker. Even so, Watson quit Greenpeace as too timid and started the more radical Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose tactics include ramming whaling ships. Eventually Hunter quit as well, but the two left a big legacy: a wavemaking outfit ever ready for new battles, the latest against genetically modified foods--or, in Greenspeak, Frankenfoods...
...Obuchi's pump-priming efforts, however, the economy has barely begun to inch out of its decade-long doldrums. There have been some timid signs of a recovery: the stock market is booming, companies are restructuring, dotcom fever is starting to catch on. But the economy slid back into a recession last year and unemployment, once unheard of, is at an all-time high of 4.9%. Rather than pushing for the serious structural reforms that the country desperately needs, Mori is likely to offer more government largesse in order to beef up his popularity during...
...cuts at least, McCain is striking back. Over the past two weeks, McCain has repeatedly accused Bush of proposing risky tax breaks for the rich. Bush has fired back, labeling McCain a timid creature of Washington who would rather see Congress spend the budget surpluses than give taxpayers a break. At a debate in Durham, N.H., Bush resurrected his father's broken promise of "no new taxes" and went him one better, pledging that as President he will deliver "tax cuts, so help me God." By casting himself as a supply-side, tax-cutting heir to Ronald Reagan, the Governor...
...brought sophisticated color and sound to cartoons, extended them to feature length and, with Fantasia, boldly merged classical music and abstract images. Those were revolutionary days for animation; more was conceived in those 12 years than in the 60 that followed. Fantasia 2000 may look a bit timid by comparison, but it provides some fine artists the chance to stretch and frolic, even as it reminds today's audiences of animation's limitless borders. When freed from cartoon bondage, the form can soar like a whale...
...ride to become a veritable sing-along. There, one can actually "Take the A Train," and it's great fun to sing the "Welcome Back Kotter" theme song while entering Brooklyn. The trouble, of course, is the bevy of thugs (meaner than Vinny Barbarino) and wayward youth who scare timid passengers, especially tourists, into silent submission. Nevertheless, the subway's filth fairly represents the less attractive features of city life. If Jefferson and Hamilton had had to ride the New York subway to work every day, we might all be living on the farm...