Word: sycophantic
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You would prefer Israel to behave like a sycophant rather than a friend, and are disturbed when it acts as an autonomous ally instead of a "client state."
But on Ivy's back porch, for 42 remaining sophomores, the suspense has reached its most pitiless climax. Since almost everyone who was inside has gone home now and the porch has long been growing chilly, the 100 percenters are permitted to move into the Ivy dining room. They can...
The article, entitled "How to Pass for a Harvard Student," paints for the budding social climber and Harvard sycophant a cliched portrait of fair Harvard designed to teach "Northeastern Freshmen and corporate V.P.'s" how to play Crimson.
Surprise is the key to Brooks' style; viewers can never guess the next line or the next move. In the premiere episode of The Associates, for example, there is a battle between two young lawyers for a partnership. One (John Getz) is sympathetic; the other (Joe Regalbuto) is a...
ON SPEAKING UP. We've been here more than three months and the President has never asked me to give a speech. He has never asked me to say anything. He has never asked to clear a speech. I have given speeches about energy and human rights and about...