But when he speaks in public he is fluent and aggressive, issuing denunciations in a mixture of Hindi and English.
He said the F.D.A. had been more aggressive about issuing warning letters since Margaret Hamburg became commissioner in 2009.
The health department also plans to be more aggressive in issuing tickets to owners of property with significant areas of standing water.
Although North Korea issued strident threats and stirred up fears of American invasion during previous joint American-South Korean military drills, Mr. Kim has been far more aggressive in issuing such threats personally than his late father, Kim Jong-il, was.
Since the onset of financial turmoil in 2007, Fed officials, including Mr. Greenspan's successor, Ben S. Bernanke, have acknowledged regulatory lapses and have been more aggressive in issuing rules on consumer matters, including credit cards and overdraft fees.
DoCoMo is keen to promote its third generation mobile technology; and AT&T Wireless, soon to become a separate company after its parent splits up, needs cash to bid for American wireless spectrum.WorldCom, a telecoms giant built through aggressive acquisitions, issued a warning that profits next year would be lower than expected, prompting a 20% share-price fall.
For the non-introvert/recluse dog owners out there, Whistle allows shared access so that multiple people can be designated as "owners" of a dog, allowing anyone designated to view Fido's data, talk about his diet, aggressive drooling issues, and so on.
The fish-eye accompanying those unspoken questions usually comes from one person at the table, the resident expert in passive-aggressive control issues, otherwise known as the person who should have stayed home nursing a soft-boiled egg but couldn't pass up the opportunity to drive everyone else insane.
Its support for Fidel Castro has waned in recent years, and the Fox administration seems more willing than its PRI predecessors to take an aggressive stand for issues of democracy and human rights in the hemisphere.
With aggressive goats, the issue is a bit more complicated.
