| 31. | I deplore the present American diffidence in several major areas as a result of decisions by Congress.
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| 32. | Some intellectuals expressed diffidence about the lavish, doting attention the Italian media paid to the festival.
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| 33. | Yet Simone's flaws and occasional diffidence only heightened the exchange between her and her audience.
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| 34. | Compare that with the hesitant diffidence of Germany, Britain and, yes, even France in 1996.
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| 35. | When she won handily, the diffidence was replaced by something akin to a full-blown obsession.
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| 36. | His onstage diffidence belies a driven creative intensity, one of the many contradictions that define Paolo Conte.
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| 37. | Gone are the spells of isolation and doleful days which had offered nothing but diffidence to its population.
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| 38. | But that diffidence may change, and not only in California, when the impact of 187 sinks in.
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| 39. | But his diplomatic diffidence, which has never been far below the surface, seems more pronounced these days.
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| 40. | The other new Korean car on the block, the Kia Optima, also displays its virtues with diffidence.
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