Africans tend to be shy of their beliefs and do not discuss them easily with outsiders.
Although some suggest Mr Romney has reason to be shy of boasting too much, he apparently used his business skills and a certain amount of flair to save an event that was deep in trouble: over budget and, in the minds of many, headed towards a failure that would humiliate America.
Pittsburgh was looking for its 15th straight victory, which would be two shy of the NHL record set by Mario Lemieux and the 1992-93 Penguins.
Such developments reflect, too, a generational change in Brazil's highly professional foreign service: older diplomats, who worked during the cold war and Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship, are giving way to younger ones, who feel that the world's ninth-largest economy should be less shy of flexing its democratic muscles.
The FCC, in its March 2010 Broadband Report to Congress, stated that by 2013 the United States will be 95 MHz shy of having enough wireless spectrum to meet the demand for broadband services, and by 2015 we will be 250 MHz short.
But I don't expect a 90-minute journey to be six minutes shy of six hours.
Without his vote, and if Brown votes against it, the bill will likely be one vote shy of the 60 needed.
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Should Franken prevail, Democrats would be one vote shy of 60, which would give them the power to muscle through major legislative initiatives over Republican objections.
Rupert Murdoch may be a few years shy of octogenarian status, but his corporate dynasty is hardly running out of steam.
His affect can be distant and disorienting, a strange mixture of shy and cocky.
The longest eclipse visible in one spot -- a few seconds shy of five minutes -- should be seen from east of the African coast at about 8 a.m.
When all you have are ideas and no actual business, it's hard to analyze and quantify blue-sky--one reason why Internet companies, be they in North America, seem a little shy of pursuing the profit ideal.
And you better have plenty of force and don't need to be shy about that world view.
We hoped to provide you with a video of the bug, but it must be camera shy.
First of all, you don't need to be shy with it, as Ken demonstrates by pounding on the bodywork with his fist.
White apple blossoms had begun to appear in the old tree, and I read the pale light in the sky as the shy illumination of a world to which I had yet to be introduced.
Not being particularly shy, the powers that be accompanied this farce with massive falsifications, the use of administrative resources, bribery, coercion, intimidation, and fraud.
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Give the Mayor a big round of applause. (Applause.) Don't be shy.
"I'm also issuing a new goal for America, " Obama said Tuesday night, and before he could even complete the sentence, he had to know that there were plenty of people who would automatically reject whatever words would follow and would not be shy about it.
Mobile ad growth might be an issue, since mobile ads constituted 23% of overall ad revenues, a little shy of forecasts.
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Boskov has urged the nation's famously passionate supporters to be patient, but has not been shy in stamping his authority on the squad he inherited in a moment of crisis.
On the market just shy of 3 months, it appears that Larry is prepared for one of his trophies to be taken off the shelf, polished off, and transferred to the right buyer.
That is good for revealing a degree of character but it can be intimidating to some very good candidates who are more introverted, and even shy, in unfamiliar situations.
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