| 11. | But beneath his smooth, serenely seductive surface, Naughton displays a stubborn diffidence.
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| 12. | That diffidence may be a handy device, but it borders on the ridiculous.
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| 13. | But his conversational diffidence does not obscure the intensity and singularity of his desire.
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| 14. | His seeming diffidence is not totally a liability.
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| 15. | "He's also very good at playing diffidence and shyness ."
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| 16. | The administration's diffidence is distressing.
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| 17. | The former senator is consistent in his diffidence about these gray-heads, too.
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| 18. | It is more difficult to understand why that diffidence persists in such a modern woman.
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| 19. | Rodgers'daughter, Mary, recalls her father's diffidence and biting sarcasm.
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| 20. | Tom DeLay is cracking his braided Hungarian whip, seeking to replace diffidence with discipline.
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