Word: timidity
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...seem to believe that leadership is expressed, in no small part, by a willingness to cause the deaths of others. After the U.S. invasion of Panama, President Bush exulted that no one could call him "timid"; he was at last a "macho man." The press, in even more primal language, hailed him for succeeding in an "initiation rite" by demonstrating his "willingness to shed blood...
...strength, Iraq's military is not up to American or European standards. Only about 20% of its troops have proved themselves in combat, and only about 500 of its tanks are of the most modern type. Its air force was timid in attacks on Iran, and its military intelligence has nothing like the satellite and electronic capabilities of the U.S. What Iraq is good at is & fighting defensively. And when the going got worse, Saddam would probably fire his poison-gas weapons, much as he did against Iran when defeat looked imminent. He would also probably launch his missiles...
Originally, the Republicans presented themselves as a third-party alternative to the two dominant national parties, the Democrats and the dying Whigs. The Republicans wanted to stop the expansion of slavery, a platform the Democrats opposed and the Whigs were too timid to champion...
Today, NOW officials speak in the same tongue, lamenting that the nation's "progressive" party is too timid to fight for real social justice...
...primary objective," says headmaster Willard G. Wyman, a former Stanford dean who favors blue jeans and cowboy boots over business suits, "is making teenagers feel good about themselves." The key to doing that, Wyman believes, is horses. "A horse is big, strong, timid and stupid," explains % Jack Huyler, 69, a retired director of the horse program. "A kid has a constant crisis until he learns that you control the horse by controlling yourself...