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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Back in the U.S., the President's many political foes leaped on the gesture as a symbol of submission. "It's not appropriate," chided conservative pundit William Kristol on Fox News. "A spineless blunder," blared the online firebrand Michelle Malkin. But neither the President nor his aides paid much mind. "He doesn't spend a lot of time reading right-wing blogs," explained Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary. (See pictures of Obama's trip to Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Asia Trip: The Deference Debate | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Well, well, well. Last night's episode was all glitz and glam. Jenny's a spineless bitch, Chuck grants forgiveness, retracts forgiveness, grants forgiveness, partly retracts forgiveness, and Nate finds a new pastime. Involving vampires and o-faces. The usual storyline ratings, after the jump...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Recap: "How to Succeed in Bassness" — or, what NOT to do | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

Well, well, well. Last night's episode was all glitz and glam. Jenny's a spineless bitch, Chuck grants forgiveness, retracts forgiveness, grants forgiveness, partly retracts forgiveness, and Nate finds a new pastime. Involving vampires and o-faces. The usual storyline ratings, after the jump...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Recap: "How to Succeed in Bassness" — or, what NOT to do | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...aged and elderly Cambridge-area crowd at the First Parish Church at an event sponsored by Harvard Book Store. “We’re not going to compromise anymore because that is the compromise already.” Though he avoided calling out the White House as spineless for suggesting compromise, he joked that some “spinal transplants” that he had performed on Democrats in Congress were “rejected.” During the question-and-answer session, a middle-aged woman pressed Dean on what “rank-and-file?...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Howard Dean Hails Public Option | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

After Obama's Inauguration, things got worse. Officials in the new Administration made no secret of their contempt for Karzai, whom they viewed as spineless and inefficient, too tolerant of drug smugglers. Allegations that some members of his family were in the drug trade didn't help. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described Karzai's administration as a "narco-state." And last week, another meeting with a visiting American - special envoy Richard Holbrooke - descended into angry words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Will the U.S. Settle for Karzai? | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

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