Word: toothlessly
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Boiling vowed to try again for real reform next year. Meanwhile, the House approved a comparatively toothless reorganization bill that leaves the committee structure pretty much intact...
...almost toothless Lions created some opportunities which allowed Ben Bryan to demonstrate his goaltending skills. The goalie position which was considered initially a weakpoint has now been solidified through Bryan's effort and Ford's advice and continuous attention...
...Toothless Lion. The slow, low-keyed coup is working; by week's end the leaders were reaching their goals. They had arrested most of the people on their list, including former Foreign Minister Menassie Haile, 44, onetime ambassador to Washington, and Ras Asrata Kassa, 56, who is Haile Selassie's closest adviser. In meetings with Endalkachew and the Emperor, the committee dictated terms that were hastily accepted. These include an imprimatur over six key ministries, including Defense and Interior; amnesty for political prisoners; plus a special session of Parliament to carry out constitutional reform...
...spite of the events around him. Precisely at nine each morning the Emperor was driven in his red Mercedes one mile from Jubilee Palace to the Grand Palace to put in what an aide described as "his customary day of work." Politically, however, the Emperor has become "as toothless as those old lions that guard his palaces," as one Western diplomat in Addis Ababa rudely...
...think her Prince Charming was a toothless hockey player...