| Fischer's obsequiousness is not simply, or even primarily, a reflection of his subjective cowardice and political spinelessness. |
| Nothing about his countrymen enraged him more than obsequiousness toward the British. |
| As Britons lost their patient obsequiousness, Mr Routh's pranks played less well. |
| But the prime minister obsequiousness to him is prompting revolt and disgust in the ranks of his Labor Party against him. |
| But there was more to this obsequiousness than the weakness of one officer. |
| But in the intervening years, the State Department's refusal to press for reform in that country turned into humiliating obsequiousness. |
