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The end of Chevron deference to federal agencies may help businesses, universities and public interest groups in immigration lawsuits during a second Trump administration should officials enact policies like those in the first term.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025 -
In the end, dictators tap into something essential in human nature—the deference before a bully.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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When confidence is tempered by humility and data, leaders thrive and not just survive.—
Mark Kane,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Obviously, Manchester United should have greater ambitions than a comfortable existence in English football’s top tier but some humility would not go amiss at the moment, which means acknowledging that the likes of Brighton are better than them right now, on and off the pitch.—
Matt Slater,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Most disconcerting is the meekness of Washington’s supposedly stalwart European allies.—
Raphael Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Nov. 2014
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But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2024
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Virtually overnight, the new gender apartheid state rolled back laws and opportunities that had for decades already lifted Iranian women up from the subservience clerics demanded.—
Mariam Memarsadeghi,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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His is the first whose subservience to the prevailing darkness feels like a depressing surrender of identity.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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What spending time on TikTok represents — to me, at least — is a kind of cognitive surrender, a willingness to stop actively directing my thoughts and feelings and to let ByteDance’s algorithm entertain me for a while.—
Kevin Roose,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The surfacing narrative that bothered Kerr and Curry, an under-the-radar avid consumer of Internet content, was the surrender topic.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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That shaky hold over the chamber soured hopes that there would be a quick acquiescence to putting in place a Leadership team that had the support from Trump.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
3 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the public acquiescence of senior officials throughout the process reaffirmed Russia’s authoritarian hierarchy and Putin’s place at its apex.—
Julian G. Waller,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2024
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Author John Neihardt described Crazy Horse in his book Black Elk Speaks as a person of great modesty and reserve but who was generous to the poor, elderly, and children.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
14 Dec. 2024
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Dylan arrives on the scene with the false modesty of predestination, touched by God but desperate for a place to sleep for the night.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Dec. 2024
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Barca might have performed well and made mistakes, but this should be treated more as a monumental victory for them, instead of a capitulation by Barca.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
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But an endless war or capitulation to Putin would be far worse.—
Michael McFaul,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2024
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