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To this day, for example, we cannot be sure whether it was primitive fear or mischievous humour that inspired a famous Indian woman to introduce herself to white people by her nickname ( Pocahontas , which provocatively suggests `Wanton Valley' or `Wild Place') rather than by her demure real name, Matowaka `Snowflake.
But I--a progressive black woman in a demure dashiki and sensible pumps--insisted: "No, technology is vital to our future.
The quixotic presidential candidate refuses to answer reporters' questions and even disagrees with his wife when she introduces him to donors as "demure."
It would no doubt make the roller derby look demure.
Allied with men who prefer their women dutiful and demure, she herself has a macho side.