Word: wimpish
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...inquirer will never know, but Davies' readers are luckier. Two unearthly spirits appear bearing privileged information. One is the Lesser Zadkiel, an assistant to the Recording Angel; the other is a daimon called Maimas, who steered Francis Cornish through his existence. Maimas insists that he was nothing so wimpish as a guardian angel, a role he describes as "detestable theological fraud." He did not shelter his charge from evil but hounded him mercilessly: "My job was to make something of Francis with the materials I had at hand...
...most with glorious vistas of the terraces, and a colossal pool; fax (62-376) 223-22 or call (62) 8185-44265 to book. Rates are a scarcely believable $4-$9, with breakfast. The hotel restaurant, and its nameless neighbor to the west, serve authentic spicy curries rather than the wimpish stews served by many tourist places...
...NATO rather than the paralytic U.N. bureaucracy. Even then, their record of standing up to racist thuggery is somewhat mixed. NATO showed great resolve in forcing the Serbs to accept the Dayton accord on Bosnia and later in getting them out of Kosovo, but the alliance has proved rather wimpish when its peacekeeping troops are confronted by continued ethnic cleansing (as in Kosovo) or new separatist insurgencies (as in the Presevo Valley and Macedonia). The current events in Macedonia are a reminder that the Balkan wars are far from over - and that the Srebrenica tragedy carries important lessons...
...couldn't persuade the Senator to stay with the party the Jeffords family had thrived in for three generations. It turns out that Bush reserves his charm for those who agree with him or are outright opponents. Wooing those who, by rights, should already be under your thumb looks wimpish. For them, how about the silent treatment or a bust in the chops? Thus Vernon Jordan gets a nickname (V.J.), whereas Jeffords barely gets a hello. Not for Jeffords a dinner in the private quarters or one of those coveted invitations to dine on chicken cacciatore and see the latest...
...couldn't persuade the Senator to stay with the party the Jeffords family had thrived in for three generations. It turns out that Bush reserves his charm for those who agree with him or are outright opponents. Wooing those who, by rights, should already be under your thumb looks wimpish. For them, how about the silent treatment or a bust in the chops? Thus Vernon Jordan gets a nickname (V.J.), whereas Jeffords barely gets a hello. Not for Jeffords a dinner in the private quarters or one of those coveted invitations to dine on chicken cacciatore and see the latest...