31. I deplore the present American diffidence in several major areas as a result of decisions by Congress. 32. Some intellectuals expressed diffidence about the lavish, doting attention the Italian media paid to the festival. 33. Yet Simone's flaws and occasional diffidence only heightened the exchange between her and her audience. 34. Compare that with the hesitant diffidence of Germany, Britain and, yes, even France in 1996. 35. When she won handily, the diffidence was replaced by something akin to a full-blown obsession. 36. His onstage diffidence belies a driven creative intensity, one of the many contradictions that define Paolo Conte. 37. Gone are the spells of isolation and doleful days which had offered nothing but diffidence to its population. 38. But that diffidence may change, and not only in California, when the impact of 187 sinks in. 39. But his diplomatic diffidence , which has never been far below the surface, seems more pronounced these days. 40. The other new Korean car on the block, the Kia Optima, also displays its virtues with diffidence .
