Word: timidly
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...Pennsylvania program is not just justified, it is too timid. It seeks clean hands by paying third parties--the funeral homes--rather than giving cash directly to the relatives. Why not pay them directly? And why not $3,000 instead of $300? That might even address the rich/poor concern: after all, $3,000 is real money, even for bankers and lawyers...
They did not, however, believe it about their own culture, especially in the field of "high" visual art. The American public, between 1900 and 1950, was distinctly timid about appreciating the work of American artists, and to modernist ones it could be quite hostile. What worked in favor of the art, in the end, was the insatiable appetite for the new that had been built into European America's social contract ever since the Puritans came to Massachusetts to create the New Jerusalem. To Americans between 1900 and 1950, however, the idea of an American Century in the arts--other...
...season we've been a little timid to swing the bats, and then today we just came out and said, 'Hey, we're going to have to hit with these guys,'" said Mager, who was hit on the back of the arm with a pitch near the end of the second...
...season we've been a little timid to swing the bats, and then today we just came out and said, 'Hey, we're going to have to hit with these guys,'" said Mager, who was hit on the back of the arm with a pitch near the end of the second...
...bittersweet aspect of the play came from the constant reminders that this time would not last, or, as one character put it, "We just lived through history." The different acts of the play were framed by commentary from the narrator, Lucas (Christopher Sahm '01), who is plays the young, timid novice in the background while his narration reflects the experience of an older man. Both outside forces--the network's lack of support for the show, the repressive atmosphere of the McCarthy era--and internal ones threaten the happy time represented by Laughter, as time itself brings changes...