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As for Intel, it came in with quarterly numbers that were a couple of cents shy of analysts' expectations and got crushed as a result, with much of the rest of the tech sector falling in sympathy (or empathy, or whatever you want to call it).
Be seedy, ye effigy, at shy Jake.
So there's no chance you'll think that the film is genuinely misogynist, the writer-director, Neil LaBute, makes the object of their scheme not a trashy bitch but a shy, good, hauntingly lovely woman (Christine, played by Stacy Edwards) who also happens to be deaf.
Jeffrey Dahmer's neighbors, for example, told reporters: "He was shy, a little withdrawn.
Strong evidence is, after all, strong evidence, even when it's a little shy of overwhelming.