Word: timidly
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...artfully placed mirrors, rich oranges and reds glow on every side. The black border motif on the rugs and walls summons up visions of black flames. Bright pink branches thrust upward from behind small neo-Martian chairs, and the sconces are big burnished theater masks, enough to scare a timid millionairess right out of her chiffon...
...that saw the establishment of many of the major orchestras and the opening of Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera, American orchestras and opera companies face an unprecedented challenge. Unsure of their role in modern society, the large institutions have embraced an aging, hidebound repertory. Too timid to seek out new directions, they have been seduced by a museum philosophy that has consigned them to the rear guard of contemporary musical life. Afflicted by systemic deficits, they coddle their subscribers but fear bold steps in programming that might win them a new audience...
...Gray Lobby packs political punch. -- A New York City jury seeks balance in a race case. -- Bruce Babbitt can' t afford timid ideas...
POOR CHARLIE. His terminally ill wife is languishing in a hospital at home, in England. He is too depressed and, given his timid nature, too frightened to talk to anyone. But he finds himself dropped off by his friend, Sgt. "Froggy" LeSueur, at a boarding house in rural Georgia, facing the prospect of three days under the scrutiny of gawking hicks...
...progress. So it ultimately remains necessary for Dr. Ruth's "sexual showercaps" to be promoted on TV, in the press and perhaps even by the Undergraduate Council. Despite the opinions of some Council members, condom dispensers in nooks and cranies around the houses are likely to offend only the timid and the hyper-moralistic. And the price of accomodating either group when AIDS is at issue is just too high...