The defence minister, A.K. Antony of the Congress Party, usually a shrinking violet, refused.

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America is no shrinking violet when it comes to trade protectionism, including huge sums for its farmers.

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Lest you think otherwise, Zoeller is no shrinking violet when it comes to immigration enforcement and keeping our nation safe.

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His game-winning score that night should go some distance toward ending his reputation as a shrinking violet who gets pouty under distress.

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Mr Viana, who is no shrinking violet, rather downplays these particularities.

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Indeed, within a day of learning more about this effort, Peter King, no shrinking violet, walked back his initial comments about Mr. Boehner and the party.

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But Ralph Acampora, one of the pioneers of technical analysis and no shrinking violet when it comes to making bold calls, has already decided that this is it.

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"She doesn't strike me as a shrinking violet, " Rhodebeck said.

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Holbrooke already enjoyed a reputation for being overbearing and peremptory--qualities that were to prove indispensable at Dayton--and he is forthright about being no shrinking violet, engagingly quoting unflattering references to himself.

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And it's not only shrinking-violet city boys and girls who are being treated as delicate flowers.

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