Word: compliantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women gain self-respect, they are less willing to play the dominated role. Men (and women) seeking to dominate in sex don't have to look far to find a compliant, docile partner. Who could be less threatening than a child; who could be more handy than their child...
...clear loser in all this is Roger Mudd, 52, who has been understudying Cronkite for the anchor role for almost a decade. But some CBS executives noted that Mudd, though an experienced Washington correspondent, has never worked overseas, is not the compliant sort of company man that CBS appreciates, and is thought by some at the network to appear a bit too stolid on the screen. Still, Mudd was so sure he had the job that he recently refused to fill in one week for Cronkite; he wanted to go skiing instead. "I think he overestimated his hand," says...