| Sir David Lock, the picture's central figure, sits puffing on a hookah while enjoying a naatch and surrounded by obeisant courtiers. |
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| Parsing their complex performances, she convincingly reads them as both obeisant and self-empowering. |
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| Your right to travel through cyberspace without a snoop noting your every move is one of the next hoops the president will wave before an obeisant Congress. |
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| The report did not point out that Congressional opponents, obeisant to the gun lobby's demands, have imposed various hobbles on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives to impede its performance. |
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| Statehouse proponents, ever obeisant to the gun lobby, contend that anyone with a handgun license has to pass a strict state check of criminal and mental health records. |
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