And was Mr Brown, if not pulling the strings of the rebellion, acquiescent in it?
One big surprise about the recession, apart from its length, is how acquiescent people have been.
Excusing himself for a soda, he requests a Pepsi from the first confused, but soon acquiescent bartender.
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China, seeking to woo Pacific states and boost its naval influence, has been unusually acquiescent to the PNA's demands.
Unable to prevent catastrophe, the most honorable man in this entire affair an outcast among frauds and the cannily acquiescent considers himself a failure.
Aided by Mr Radler, a tight-knit group of business cronies and a shamefully acquiescent audit committee, Lord Black's systematic long-term looting of the companies he controlled became increasingly frenzied.
And, as was true at the time of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, it is seductive to believe that the public's present, acquiescent mood toward the contemplated use of U.S. military power will persist.
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The Clinton administration, painfully sensitive to most human-rights situations, has been remarkably silent and acquiescent in the creation of a brutal and corrupt Palestinian demi-state that treats its citizens worse than the occupier once did.
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Some doctors, academics and patient advocates blame the lapses on a medical-industrial complex made up of acquiescent regulators, gadget-happy cardiologists and surgeons who rake in consulting and appearance fees from device makers, and pushy device makers themselves.
An acquiescent mainstream media has for years encouraged an arrogant administration to expect its full support, even it has been forced to acknowledge that the administration has erred, if not lied when it comes to the deadly attack in Libya.
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