Word: timidly
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...heard stomping cluelessly around the Infobahn. In fact, the Germans did almost nothing to stanch the flow of sexual materials. The newsgroups that CompuServe removed are still active on millions of computers worldwide. CompuServe subscribers in Bavaria or anywhere else can simply switch to a less timid online service and re-enter the discussion. As Internet pioneer John Gilmore once said, "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around...
Ours not to reason why. Each of us--the bold first, the timid watching the body language of the bold--scarfs a couple of chips. We feel the need for some six-packs here and a pro-football game on the tube. But no, these are laboratory conditions. Nibble, nibble. We look at one another quizzically, working our lips and jaws...
...referring to an aspect of the tragedy's aftermath that has dumbfounded the city. The people of New York could do nothing about Awilda's drug-induced delusions or her timid neighbors. But they wanted an accounting from the CWA. Instead, Executive Deputy Commissioner Kathryn Croft has steadfastly maintained that state confidentiality laws designed to protect complainants prevent her from revealing any details of a case. Thus the public may never know how many cries for help the agency actually recorded or what it did about them. It may never know whether the CWA really made an extended effort...
...network could successfully have been sued on such grounds. By paying money to Wigand and agreeing to indemnify him against a lawsuit, some contended, CBS had put itself at serious risk. Attorneys who have been involved in litigation against the tobacco industry, however, insisted that the network was needlessly timid. "I think it's appalling they would fold over such an iffy theory of law," says John P. Coale, a Washington lawyer who represents 50 law firms pursuing a class action against tobacco companies...
Democrats, who usually preach a message of inclusion and equality, are thus hampered in some ways. Yet there is no reason for Democrats to become timid and overly prone to compromise with their Republican enemies. There are may issues that Democrats could speak stridently about, such as corporate crime and greed, the bloated defense budget and the destruction of the environment. But today's Democrats are trying to convince the public that they are kinder, gentler Republicans. This is a suicidal agenda...