Finally, Noam Chomsky gives his take on Obama's pro-Israel hawk appointments and his unprecedented "obsequiousness" to AIPAC. From Wordnik.com. [radio.indymedia.org] Reference
He would have found such obsequiousness difficult. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
"The caution verges on obsequiousness," Sparks says. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
There was no hint of obsequiousness in his voice now. From Wordnik.com. [Orphan Star]
Civility and no servile obsequiousness amongst the people. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
Catulus Caesar tugged his forelock in mock obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
He won't do obsequiousness -- no "Hi, I'm Jacques and I'll be your ....". From Wordnik.com. [Paris Blues: A Returning Expatriate Gets His Bearings] Reference
This meant seeking a balance between obsequiousness and outright defiance. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8 - The Escape Group Expands] Reference
The barman looked faintly disappointed, but he didn't lose his obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [But, I Don't Think] Reference
The favours of the great are seldom rewarded by the obsequiousness of the small. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
There is a mile-wide difference between journalistic impartiality and obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: All Evidence Says I'm The Stronger Candidate] Reference
It was a day, after all, to be respectable, the most insidious form of obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Firetraps Ignored, And Two Men Die] Reference
I imagine, that I know not whether I have any preference paid me in his obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Joseph's manner to a poor and untitled Ivan would have lost the greater part of its obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Indeed, he invokes Putin with the same obsequiousness and nostalgia as Republicans invoke Ronald Reagan. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel Beehner: What Russia's Election Means for our Presidential Candidates] Reference
Republicans can't quite muster Bidenesque levels of obsequiousness when it comes to Specter, but they try. From Wordnik.com. [Suddenly Seeking Specter] Reference
I never behave with slavish obsequiousness towards my kinsmen by flattering speeches about their prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
He ran to the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and made a a speech that broke all records for obsequiousness and fawning. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Obama, Israel and AIPAC by Uri Avnery] Reference
He ran to the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and made a a speech that broke all records for obsequiousness and fawning. '. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Obama, Israel and AIPAC by Uri Avnery] Reference
She would have to strike just the right balance in that letter between courtesy and obsequiousness, she thought. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Full of confidence are they; amidst all their smiles and obsequiousness, there is a business air about the thing. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Before my superior white overlords I quaked with demeaning obsequiousness, and before those who looked like the thing. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
He permitted himself to make this comment of outrageous obsequiousness, "Our message to OPEC is they made a sound decision.". From Wordnik.com. [Raymond J. Learsy: The International Energy Agency Shills For OPEC, The Oil Speculators and the Peak Oil Pranksters] Reference
He ran to the conference of the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and made a speech that broke all records for obsequiousness and fawning. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: No, I Can't! Obama and The Israeli Lobby] Reference
Tsar; and Alexander appreciated this from a man whose character was too well known for him to be suspected of obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
He ran to the conference of the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and made a speech that broke all records for obsequiousness and fawning. '. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: No, I Can't! Obama and The Israeli Lobby] Reference
And after a show of obsequiousness like this, it will be hard to feign surprise over the next disappointment in the relationship. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Franco-Russo Axis] Reference
They will be free from assumption, pretense, affectation, flattery, and obsequiousness, which are all incompatible with sincerity. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies] Reference
The obsequiousness that people of your ilk are demonstrating on this issue will not be viewed kindly by Americans thirty years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer] Reference
On entering they were accosted by the landlord, who received them with the utmost obsequiousness, and a devotion which was absolute. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
But the schoolmaster's obsequiousness was more in manner than in inclination, and found its excuse in the dependence of his circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
It is less by obsequiousness to the Present than by listening to the admonitions of the Past, that we may hope to gain a hearing from the Future. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
An army of help-waiter, maitre d ', sommelier, busboy, water-glass filler -- takes turns at your elbow, giving you your money's worth of obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Fly In The Soup] Reference
The failure to amend the postwar Constitution is not so much a technical or procedural problem than it is a symbol of prolonged national obsequiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion: Scrap The Constitution] Reference
No one noticed the deception because Manning's obsequiousness seamlessly blended into the normal cacophony of critics trying to get their names in the papers. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: See You At The Movies] Reference
She returned, panting and puffing, followed by the Viscount's valet, who, with much ceremony and obsequiousness, conducted the distinguished visitor to his master's apartments. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
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