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Word: timidness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think one of the problems against Quinnipiac was that we were too timid in front of the net," Sarles said. "We weren't happy with our play, and we need to be more aggressive in front of the net if we're going to beat Cornell...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Looks to Stay Perfect in Ivy, Takes on Cornell | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...Colleges which put tradition above common sense. (For example, one Ivy college had a traditional "streaking" day on which alcohol helped the timid act out, until the injuries outweighed the "fun." Another Ivy had a day on which students climbed a hill to revel with their six-packs...

Author: By Henry Wechsler, | Title: A Plea to End Binge Drinking | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...Providence and Creighton games I was still a little timid around the goal mouth," Meagher said, "but in the Columbia game I finally felt real confident playing at the college level and playing with the four guys in front...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Rebounds, Tops Lions | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...investors gave us a big market cap--in essence, a club to beat up or buy up competitors. But then they took the club away before we could start swinging. We were looking brash and predator-like--top of the food chain. Now we feel like timid prey. A chart of our stock looks like one half of the Apollo's Chariot ride at Busch Gardens--the first part, which starts at the top. It's been a dizzying decline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How It Feels To Lose $150 Million | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...cast personifies four adaptations to a harsh dating scene--detachment (inquisitive Carrie), aggression (lusty Samantha), caution (timid Charlotte) and neurosis (tense Miranda, played by Cynthia Nixon with a smile as brittle and quivery as the crust on a creme brulee). They're looking for not just love but also victory, over male entitlement, over a culture that despises older single women and over myths they can't compete with. In a pointed scene, the four watch a video in which a woman climaxes two seconds into a sex scene. "No wonder men are so lost," Miranda says. "They have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sex on TV is... ...Not Sexy! | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

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