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shy
1. Poker (of a player) without enough money to back his bet
2. (of plants and animals) not breeding or producing offspring freely


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Larry Shyers, in a study involving "blind" observation of the behavior of homeschooled and conventionally schooled children, found that homeschooled children exhibited significantly fewer "problem behaviors" than their conventionally schooled peers and had no significant difference in levels of self-esteem.
In 1992, Larry Shyers of the University of Florida defended a doctoral dissertation in which he challenged the notion that youngsters at home "lag" in social development.
 
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