Russia stumbles over Stalin and his legacy of evil.

We have A.C. and D.C., get 12 volts D.C., so that could be used for certain applications.

Brazil has always been reluctant to involve itself in its neighbors domestic conflicts.

But these forces are too timid and fragmented, with no drive for political action.

Nevertheless many Member States had certain hesitations with respect to those proposals.

Reform is pursued hesitantly by a coalition government constantly wary of voters reactions.

Yet these countries hesitate to let actual wages fall for obvious social reasons.

Germany was reluctant to give up the Deutsche Mark, a symbol of its economic power and commitment to price stability.

Bell thought it might be possible to generate undulating electrical currents that corresponded to sound waves.

Flustered, he stopped speaking, waved his arms in timid bewilderment, the weak and ineffectual gestures of an imposter.

Second, the eurozone still shies away from a comprehensive approach to its internal rebalancing.

Should she take up an important role at this stage? Or should she pursue happiness as a woman?

It is thus difficult to understand why the Cypriot government was at first so reluctant to inflict any losses on depositors.

While these countries have now made such a request, the US and Europe appear hesitant to oblige.

The references to the human cost of the revolution and the establishment of the Islamic Republic have made authorities reluctant to release it to the public.

Others hesitate, either because they worry about not qualifying or because they remain concerned about the stigma of association with the Fund.

But European companies remain hesitant, despite low interest rates, keeping private investment well below its previous peak.

However, some courts have been reluctant to impose such a determination over the religious objections of family members, such as in the Jesse Koochin case.

Although governments levy taxes on gasoline, they are reluctant to impose a general carbon tax because of public opposition to any form of taxation.

This large, steady fall in the country s trade surplus makes the Chinese government hesitant to allow the RMB to appreciate significantly, for fear of the lagged impact on the trade balance.

Various issues have been raised by Member States. Some countries say that they are hesitating to submit names for listing because they allege the system lacks a robust de listing mechanism.

Unfortunately, many of the solutions on offer are either too timid or demand too much of a global leadership that is in short supply.

IMF conditionality for the activation of the majority of their borrowing could make countries reluctant to turn to the CMIM for support.

The Committee was also concerned at the proliferation of racist publications, despite the existence of Law 2910 2001 prohibiting such publications, which the authorities were apparently reluctant to apply.

Many post Wall voters stand on the margins of established parties or are forming parties of their own, while a more pragmatic group is being pulled between the old order and new movements.

Where banks may be reluctant to accept traditional collateral, for example in developing countries where land title may be lacking, inventory credit is a potentially important way of overcoming financing constraints.

The United Kingdom has been reluctant to join the hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) revolution. Yet tapping the Bowland Shale could reignite the UK economy and deliver huge cuts in CO2 emissions.

In practice, the banks have consistently dragged their feet on mortgage restructuring and are laying off staff, rather than hiring people who could help them deal with an initiative of the required scale.

By contrast, in Poland, which had witnessed its own tentative opening in the March student movement, a nationalist authoritarian faction exploited all that was intolerant and ignorant in Polish tradition, employing xenophobia and anti intellectual rhetoric.

On Jeune Afrique, Trésor Kibungula illustrates the evolution of M23 on Facebook , from a timid start back in July, to a media platform sufficiently controversial that Facebook eventually had to shut it down.

But if the government is hesitant to look back and reflect on the lessons of the 1965 massacre, many people and groups in Indonesia are ready to dig deeper into the past and seek justice on behalf of the victims of violence and other crimes against humanity.

Many of these companies lacked a viable or attractive exit for their founders as they were too small to be taken public and the founders were reluctant to sell out to competitors and so a sale to a financial buyer could prove attractive.

It came from the military. Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the head of the ISI, canceled his planned visit to London, where he was to discuss intelligence matters, while the civilian leadership seemed to dither.

Unfortunately, only three countries Mexico, Colombia, and Poland have signed up for an FCL. Others hesitate, either because they worry about not qualifying or because they remain concerned about the stigma of association with the Fund.

According to former US Vice President Al Gore, developing countries that were once reluctant to join in the first phases of a global response to the climate crisis have themselves now become leaders in demanding action and in taking bold steps on their own initiatives.

Lastly, he said he regretted the lack of determination shown by the Security Council, which even as it boasted of what it had done in Timor Leste, was indulging in unacceptable foot dragging in respect of Western Sahara, where the decolonization process had been going on for 40 years.

Given this situation, the logical choice for the country should have been clear if the government wanted to survive, foreign depositors must bear part of the losses.

Disgruntlement over the increasingly authoritarian governance may be common among business circles, elements of the neutered political opposition, liberal intellectuals, and even part of the bureaucracy. But these forces are too timid and fragmented, with no drive for political action.

Uzbekistan, which ought to welcome all the help it can get and probably doesn t object to greater OSCE involvement in principle, is nonetheless dragging its feet, supposedly because of jealousy over all the attention Kazakhstan is gaining from its chairmanship.

But the leadership was too timid.