The downside of his appealing gentleness is a sort of moral passivity that makes him blindly accepting of the world and his place in it.
Which brings us to the dangers of intellectual as well as military passivity in the face of terrorism.
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These are comfortable doctrines of passivity, well suited to these comfortable and complacent times.
We now see proof that the Clinton policy of passivity was wrong.
People who report seeing representations of passivity or helplessness in the blots are thought to have a dependent personality, meaning they rely on others to satisfy their needs.
British politicians can be forgiven a degree of passivity, then.
Monica Wilson, associate director of employer relations at Dartmouth College, believes that passivity may be a symptom of shell shock.
It was the worst of both worlds as a fatal passivity was perceptible when, ironically, an admission of error could have communicated a corporate fiber of sterner stuff.
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President Obama's passivity before the threatened foreign prosecution of Bush administration officials achieves by inaction what he fears doing directly.
"This is a significant and dramatic indicator of the Obama administration's passivity, " said Sen.
Hillary would never forget the experience of that first lady, and her wifely passivity at the trauma her husband put her through.
Either of these approaches might be better than today's squabbling and passivity.
Yet the members of Indonesia's parliament do not seem exercised about the president's passivity.
From the prospect of higher federal taxes and the costs of government initiatives such as health care reform to the negative influences of the media and the potential for increased regulation, business has been cornered into passivity.
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And try using the passivity defense when the judge orders you to pay child support, or purchase health insurance for one of your kids, or buy accident insurance before you drive.
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He apologised to Jews for Catholic passivity during the Holocaust, prayed at a Syrian mosque and took steps to heal the rift between Catholics and adherents of the various eastern Orthodox churches.
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