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coyness
noun
The property of being coy.
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Critics of the group accuse it of showing its true colours after initial coyness over GM foods.
Ask Marubeni of Japan, whose coyness towards the DOJ led to its being forced to plead guilty and pay an elevated fine.
His coyness, they argue, has knocked market confidence over the past couple of weeks.In this section The hunt for liquidity Taking on Turkmenbashi Playing by the rules An acceptable risk CDO not cash on delivery Thank you, Mr Shiokawa Waiting for the man What next, then?
But he has not said which one.Is Mr King's coyness good for Maine?
The coyness with which the pro-Gamal campaign has begun suggests that, within the regime as well as among ordinary people, the presidential succession is by no means a done deal.
Second, because of the uncharacteristic coyness with which Mr Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger —respectively aged 84 and 91 discuss how or when they will give up their jobs.First, the conglomerate question.
The Lib Dems have set out 26% of the cuts they would make, the Tories 18% and Labour just 13%, says the IFS.But this collective coyness may betray the fact that such reductions will simply be unfeasible.
Besides, President Khatami has appointed no women as ministers.The president has responded to the current crisis with a mixture of coyness and caution.
Until then, the Singaporean system is worth emulating.Another peculiarity of the model may also appeal to China: its coyness.
The American government secured its first crisis-related conviction of a senior banker, a Credit Suisse employee charged with mismarking mortgage-backed securities, only in April; Kareem Serageldin will be sentenced in August.The prosecutorial coyness of British and American authorities contrasts with the harder-charging approach taken by their predecessors and by authorities elsewhere.
ISDA was quick to point out that actual credit exposure was a mere 2% of the notional value of all contracts.This coyness is hardly surprising.
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