Word: spinelessly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...make much of the anti-McCarthy attitude in [England] . . . You should realize that your spineless State Department, by destroying books which have not the faintest Communist bias, out of fear of a demagogic Senator, makes people here wonder what is happening in your country. We would never allow any person in public life here to create such an atmosphere...
This trip through the nightmare world of an alcoholic might have had power as well as Kafkaesque pathos if Author Fallada had had the skill to reveal just what makes his hero so spineless. As it is, the neurotic bundle of self-pity and self-hatred called Erwin Sommer is nearly as loathsome as his fate...
...mind, [Kefauver] is as spineless as a fishing worm, with no personal conviction and ready to adopt anything that promises him votes...
...powerful institution at Harvard, they will realize that it is, indeed, a symbol. We are, after all, an independent institution, and Radcliffe girls on the whole are proud of this fact. Although it is often difficult to maintain the unity of a group of individuals, it is certainly spineless to give in without a fight. The coming vote is an opportunity for Radcliffe girls to show that they do have an interest in their college. I an sure that, despite the facade of apathy, they do have this interest, and will show it by voting to retain the Radcliffe News...
...homosexual Mr. Dulcimer who has brought up his adopted son Julian to have the most expensive tastes and play a purely decorative role. Then at 23 Julian falls in love. Mr. Dulcimer can only counter by saying that marriage means being cut off without a button. Love, with a spineless young man who hates work, proves no match against luxury. At the end, Julian has not only inherited his guardian's money, but has adopted his fastidious ways...