Perched on her seat, timid as a sparrow, she takes a look around at her fellow passengers.

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Rather than use his party's parliamentary numbers to push through reform, Mr Yudhoyono has stuck with a timid consensus style, building a bigger, weaker six-party coalition than he needs.

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However, West Indies, roundly vilified in the Australian media after a timid performance in Brisbane, had embarrassed those pundits with a thoroughly professional performance.

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