Word: timidly
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...Brooklyn, the tall Persian cat of one Mrs. Anna Kiekhoffer chased a mouse this way and that, around the garbage can, under the kitchen table, cornered him by the scuttlebutt; there began to toy with him in the remorseless sadistic fashion of tall Persian cats with small timid mice. Suddenly the tiny creature, deranged by terror, turned upon its tormentor like a lion, scrabbled into the cat's mouth, put its head down the cat's throat, choked it to death by choking to death within...
...projects, coming from the colleges themselves, show us that those who are charged with the direction of American educational foundations, if overwhelmed with distractions no less than those which diverted the abbott of the late Middle Ages from the true work of his house, are neither in different nor timid...
...years the Student Council existed as a vague entity--and nothing more. Its name was attached to iffiaffilffi ffiffiffi Its name was attached to official awards of athletic insignia anywhere from three to six months after the players had won their letters. Upon occasions it made a timid recommendation. It took charge of the Freshman class until first year officers were elected. But beyond that limited sphere it accomplished little. Interest was so slack that it was with difficulty that quorums were obtained for its meetings...
...objection to a close relationship with the League valid. It is an advisory relationship solely. Furthermore, the League is not the horrible militaristic monster Senator Borah has pictured it to be. It has accomplished far more for the good of the world in refinancing central Europe for example than timid and provincial American Senators can ever hope to accomplish. And is the United States to believe forever that a valid interest in the affairs of Europe and the world brings with it the plague...
Introduce Me. Douglas MacLean takes his smile for an airing on the Alps. As in his earlier picture, The Hottentot, Mr. MacLean is again a timid young man harried into rash deeds for the sake of a maiden fair. Constructed along formulistic lines, his gallivanting around the dizzy cliffs yet has its comic urge...