Word: spinelessness
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...their dissenting e-mails be destroyed before being read by a University president powerless to fire them. Cruel punishments, no doubt, await Rabb Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair Arthur Kleinman, who swore openly to “show the public that we are not cowards, we are not spineless, and we are not with you.” Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol spoke darkly of “fear and manipulation,” and warned that faculty members have kept silent “in fear that they will be criticized publicly or lose...
...must] show the public that we are not cowards, we are not spineless, and we are not with you,” said Arthur Kleinman, chair of the anthropology department, addressing Summers in the early minutes of the meeting...
...will was tested and our will has prevailed," crowed Graham Watson, leader of the Parliament's Liberal group. Often scorned as a dumping ground for politicians either too green or too damaged for the national arena, the Parliament took a huge step toward shaking its image as a spineless body that salutes the Commission's every move. And M.E.P.s were tipsy with their newfound power. At Les Aviateurs bar, a popular watering hole in Strasbourg, young M.E.P.s partied until dawn to celebrate their victory. "There isn't a parliament in the history of democracy that didn't have to fight...
...Republican’s; and the Democrats have since provided lackluster candidates who fail to tackle the insidious politics of their rivals. The same is true within Australia. When Latham finally reached the world stage, his angry criticisms of our involvement in this unjust war were suddenly silenced for spineless acquiescence to the American ally...
...violent brand of masculinity. TV shows celebrate hyper-violent male icons like wrestlers, football players and action-heroes, a.k.a. professional killers. Meanwhile, men who don’t put on what anti-violence educator Jackson Katz calls a “tough guise” are portrayed as spineless, ineffective, misdirected, and gay, or they’re not given air time at all. Seemingly harmless, these cultural projections of “real manhood” carry a high price for men and women...