Word: timidly
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Anderson and his legmen have a certain disdain for conventional journalistic standards, believing that most large news organizations are too timid and too respectful of those in authority. Les Whitten, 44, the senior of the assistants, points out cheerfully that "the Xerox has done more for freedom of information than any law that could ever be concocted." As long as there are people willing-for whatever motive-to break security, Anderson & Co. are willing to consider the offerings...
...Madness "reinvents our selves," Cooper explains, speaking of "mourning for the madness I never had." Norman Brown (Life Against Death) has spoken of the "blessing," the "supernatural powers" that come only with madness. To such post-Freudians, even Freud has, as Leslie Fiedler put it, "come to seem too timid, too puritanical, and above all too rational for the second half of the 20th century...
...Pacino as Michael, the Ivy-educated son who succeeds the Godfather; James Caan as the lusty Sonny, the oldest son whose hot temper betrays him; Robert Duvall as the adopted son Tom Hagen, the lawyer who be comes the family's consigliere; John Cazale as Fredo, the timid, feckless son who is given a Las Vegas casino to play with. For the role of Luca Brasi, the Godfather's muscleman, Ruddy signed Former Wrestler Lenny Mantana, whom he spotted idling among a crowd of bystanders during the early shooting. Several of these actors had distinguished themselves on Broadway...
...fellow statesmen, De Gaulle found few more than passable. Adenauer wins his praise. So does Nixon - as a "steady personality" - in a passage obviously informed by hindsight. Eisenhower appears almost as timid and bumbling as Britain's Macmillan during the 1960 summit confrontation with Khrushchev; to hear De Gaulle tell it, only his own resolution prevent ed the Allies from acceding to Soviet demands on Berlin...
...businessmen and lead to prosperity in 1972. Yet, while shoppers have been spending fairly well for months, businessmen continue to keep a tight grip on their money. Since sustained economic growth is all but impossible without a burst of corporate spending for inventories, modernization and plant expansion, the timid attitude is impeding a stronger, faster recovery. Why are businessmen not spending more-and when will they open...