| 单词 | passivity |
| 例句 | Even at a young age, there was something about my grandmother’s silence and passivity in her relationship with Dandy that got under my skin. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And from the absolute passivity of their limbs, they seemed in the last stages of exhaustion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She’s given up some of her passivity lately, some of her melancholy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Being a suppression, not merely a repression, it produced not frustration, but something more ominous, perhaps, in the long rim: passivity. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It must take the most incredible self-control, that stillness, that passivity; it must be exhausting. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Johanna told me once that if the decisions had been up to her, she would have supported action against Erudite instead of the passivity the rest of her faction advocated. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Off the field he was quiet, serene, and smart as a whip, his passivity neatly hiding an astounding determination to succeed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She must be a really castrating lady with a facade of passivity — or perhaps she is a warm, passive-dependent woman with a surface defense of aggressiveness. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The enforced passivity of their defence, the interminable waiting, became insupportable. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But a decade of ruthlessly honed instinct rebels at such passivity. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z From what I could discern, her faith taught passivity and submissiveness in the face of oppression, something I could not accept. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He enjoys the passivity of sitting in a classroom again, listening to an instructor, being told what to do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It is a willful action. To slip into passivity and allow a poison to do all the work is an embarrassment to who and what we are.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Versus the characters in “Girls,” who are mired in a sexual passivity that is bewildering in these outspoken times. Stop comparing everything to “Girls”! 2013-05-17T22:45:00Z It would be easy to mistake the singer’s in-no-particular-hurry persona for passivity. Tom Petty at United Center: The stealth protest singer 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z But Ms. Bullock is magnetic as a figure of confused passivity, a woman manhandled by the forces of history. ‘This Is Who We’ve Been Waiting For’: A Diva on the Precipice 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But “Grey Gardens” doesn’t gloss over the twisted misery of women unable and/or unwilling to shake their passivity and ill-preparedness for a servant-free life. ‘Grey Gardens’: Freak show or poignant portrait? 2013-03-22T23:51:30Z One prisoner reverts to what seems a long-established coping mechanism of passivity and then aggression, while another would rather lie to his visiting girlfriend than admit how he is being abused. Artist of the Week 101: Artur Zmijewski 2010-08-18T15:02:00Z They play on a tension between the swagger of the performance and the passivity of the character. Issa Rae’s Breakthrough in “Insecure” Season 3, Episode 4 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z But despair is a feeling that calls for passivity and acceptance of reality even if it is unbearable, and it sees every spark of hope, every desire for change as a cunning enemy. Tell Me a Story with a Happy Ending, Part II 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The sense of human passivity takes literal form in the first act, which may feature the longest buildup to a star entrance in musicals. Theater Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Opens in London 2013-06-26T16:33:57Z Her flat tone matches the passivity of most of the island’s inhabitants, which in turn suggests a capitulation to deeply buried personal and societal trauma. Review | In ‘The Memory Police,’ an authoritarian government tries to erase the past 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Sister Johanna’s passivity — both forced and otherwise — can be frustrating, particularly in moments of crisis, when one longs for her simply to act, ignoring the consequences. A Not-So-Cold Case in Not-So-Frigid Iceland 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z He wrote: “The moment I sink into passivity, I am done for.” How my husband saw blindness as a ‘dark, paradoxical gift’ 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z CLINE: Sex, passivity and power, California mythology, female friendship, the violence of girlhood, how the past can take the present hostage. Don’t call Emma Cline’s book “luminous”: The word “seems only used to describe writing by women” 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z “The crisis becomes personalized through the stories of her patients and their parents, and through her horrified recollections of her initial passivity.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The passivity of a terminally broken spirit lies beneath Gary’s tough-guy postures. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Big Ideas in Small Spaces 2012-01-31T16:09:34Z But hold on, and we're in a heroine's journey from innocent passivity to dominance. 'Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls' is a subversive romp through modern Moscow 2012-10-04T20:05:08Z The group’s first wave of popularity alarmed some rock critics, who feared a takeover by a Eurocentric, rhythmless pop that relied on machines and encouraged passivity. Edgar Froese, Leader of Tangerine Dream, Dies at 70 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z There’s a passivity to the Guilty Remnant that was very difficult to write. Damon Lindelof on ‘The Leftovers’ Finale, the Show’s Future and His Afterlife Obsession 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The work is meant to be a meditation on the fine line between peaceful behavior and passivity. Foundry Gallery’s ‘Colors of Kurdistan’ artists show courage as well as talent Like Caine in the 1970s television series “Kung Fu,” Hong walks the earth with a strange passivity, the surrealism of his surroundings sometimes arresting yet too often static. Review: ‘Phantom Detective,’ a Dawdling South Korean Noir 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z And in moments like a tough confrontation with her husband, there is a tampered passivity that is far more complicated and exciting to watch than simple anger. How to Get Away with Murder: Shonda Rhimes' take on the procedural 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “F---ing you and being f----d by you are quite the same,” she writes, refusing all notions of passivity. Review | Poet Yu Xiuhua became a viral sensation. Her first book-length collection in English translation deserves to bring her an even bigger audience. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Who understands duration better than those for whom enforced passivity is an occupational hazard? Waiting for Kanye 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Anita is repulsed by her new husband’s passivity and the family’s brutal, bullying tactics. A Great Indian Novel Reaches American Shores 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Six months later, Sobchak has been accepted into the ranks of Russia's protest leaders, completing a transformation that reflects the civic awakening of millions of young Russians after a decade of political passivity. Russian It Girl's path from parties to protests 2012-06-14T16:31:18Z While the book skewers Jessup’s passivity, however, it does little to suggest viable modes of engagement under the Windrip regime, short of abandoning home and family and fleeing to Canada. Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The production found a way for us to empathize with Julie’s point of view, even as we felt the full brunt of her friends’ condemnation of her passivity and his brutality. Perspective | In some musicals of yore, female characters deserve better. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Her anger at this cultivated passivity — “this shared sense of helplessness,” as she puts it — is stark and very moving. ‘One Child Nation’ Review: Controlling Minds and Bodies 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Having that feeling seems somehow to absolve you for your passivity, your acceptance of the destruction. Review | Did America’s great landscape painter fear progress and hate democracy? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, instead of defending the film, some feminists aren't happy either because of Bella's passivity and the tale's theme of abstinence before marriage. Leave Twilight fans alone! 2010-07-17T12:59:00Z Mr. Wampach played up this troubling idea of passivity by presiding over a false intermission, handing out drinks and popcorn with well calibrated ennui. David Wampach in Queer New York Festival at Abrons Center 2012-06-13T21:19:11Z Desdemona’s passivity even in facing death has perplexed many — Shaw, like Mr. Sellars, thought the play made little sense and he called her a prima donna — so this premise has intellectual potential. | 'Desdemona': ?Desdemona? at Lincoln Center White Light Festival - Review 2011-11-03T22:47:19Z Part of what makes the widowers so appealing to viewers is their innocence and passivity. What our love for widower rom-coms says about our flawed search for love 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Solanas accuses men of projecting their own hated traits onto women — insecurity, vanity, passivity — while appropriating women’s decisiveness and swagger for themselves. Feminism Means a Lot of Things, and This Book Contains Them All 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z At the time an element of shame was associated with the seeming passivity of Jews who were murdered in Europe. Critic’s Notebook: Israel’s Holocaust Museums Evolve in Message and Methods 2012-09-04T22:03:21Z “You need to stand up for yourself,” Florence’s employer tells her, and Roger, who takes repeated advantage of her passivity, mistakes it for low self-esteem. Movie Review | 'Greenberg': Ben Stiller as a Slacker in Noah Baumbach?s Work 2010-03-18T21:46:00Z Making predictions, in addition to being foolish, is an expression of passivity, an acceptance of our diminished role as consumers of culture. How Much Do You Really Miss Going to the Movies? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z "We must reject discouragement and passivity," he further noted. Fourth Sunday of Lent: Amid 'tragedy' of hopelessness today, reason to rejoice 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z The minute we received Dylan’s diagnosis, the blissful passivity associated with normal pregnancy was over. Motherlode Blog: The Cleft-Lip Smile I Never Knew I’d Miss 2014-03-09T13:21:01Z Turning the block feature briefly into a mere mute feature was a move of enforced passivity. Twitter’s terrible blocking change was a gift to trolls 2013-12-13T16:33:00Z To stay with it requires an act of will, not the blessed passivity of a moviegoer. Avatar on DVD Review: Pandora's Skimpy Box 2010-04-24T04:50:00Z “A portrait of war in which the observant gaze of the director reminds us again of the need to choose between passivity and taking individual responsibility,” the judges said. Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear goes to ‘Loony Porn’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z But the visible satisfaction of the model’s pose — arm akimbo, hand jauntily on hip, bottom thrust out with confidence — also marks a forceful break with the passivity of the female nude. ‘Rear View’ Is Rather Forward Thinking 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The main – indeed the only – stated piece of feminism is that Belle has a job, so escapes the passivity and helplessness that has defined heroines since Disney and beyond. Beauty and the Beast: feminist or fraud? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Yet within this bleak worldview, Heinecken devoted his career to the only "mystic truth" worth revealing: that we must be continually jolted out of our passivity. Hard truths and savage intensity 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Another problem was that a complete apocalypse spawns passivity. How San Andreas is boosting California's earthquake industry 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Hitching her wagon to another man — this one the heavy for a group of Italian militants — Reno will get one final lesson on the costs of her passivity. Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics 2013-06-05T23:00:00Z The act of watching doesn’t offer escape; it induces passivity. The Movies Are Back. But What Are Movies Now? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z His Vere is never an assertive figure, so it's hard to understand why his crew revere him, and his refusal to intervene when Billy is condemned to death seems like more of the same passivity. Billy Budd 2010-05-21T20:30:00Z Art is a way of knowing, of seeing and feeling, the borders that separate work from leisure, the sacred from the secular, the ordinary from the exalted, passivity from action, life from death. What Happens When We Lose the Art That Brings Us Together? 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Friendliness is key; children are everywhere, making stuff; workshops emphasise activity rather than passivity. The 10 best music festivals 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z Rejecting the usual methods — too messy, too violent, too vulgar — he settles on a suitably poetic course of action, or rather of terminal passivity. Movie Review: ‘Chicken With Plums,’ About Contemporary Iran 2012-08-16T21:53:48Z To Malcolm X, for instance, religion had to be oriented toward action, not encourage passivity or justify a patient wait for justice. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on African-American Religion 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z He rues “a system of heartbreaking and bureaucratized medical impersonality” and the uncomfortable sense of “passivity, procrastination, and inertia” that he got from his father’s doctor. Jonathan Kozol’s memoir on aging can stand proudly beside Roz Chast’s 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z All these witnesses became inhibited and indecisive, sloughing off responsibility to another with automatic passivity. Why we still look away: Kitty Genovese, Jamie Bulger and the bystander effect 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Her squeaky mouse voice announces a presumed passivity, as if to compensate for the loss of that "Walking Dead" reference so we can find a new shock in the ending. Viral podcast “Dirty John” goes Bravo: It’s true crime, “Real Housewives”-style 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “Mourner” was written as a series of monologues, in which the title character exposes, by self-flagellating degrees, his own craven passivity and complicity in a corrupt world. Review: ‘Evening at the Talk House’ Is Just the Dystopia Next Door 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z I was willing to buy — and even enjoyed — the early stages of Grange’s selecting his recruits on the basis of their shared passivity, insecurity and resentment. Theater Review: Lyle Kessler’s ‘Collision’ at Rattlestick Theater 2013-01-23T23:19:08Z Ben’s inherent passivity presents a problem for Mr. Eisenberg, who like Mr. Hadary is a veteran of the most recent Broadway revivals of Odets’s “Golden Boy” and “Awake and Sing!” Review: In ‘Rocket to the Moon,’ a Dentist Deals With a Midlife Crisis 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Each of these characters delivers a soliloquy in which they describe their exploitative relationships with Hester, for whom passivity is a conditioned reflex. Review: ‘In the Blood’ and the Singular Talent of Suzan-Lori Parks 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Popularity is something that’s no longer just tallied, it has to be curated — and the more-finely-grained measurements seek to differentiate between what people want and what they merely accept out of habit or passivity. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z Even more flummoxing is the scene in which, as originally written, Joanne, tired of Bobby’s passivity, and perhaps her own, suggests they have an affair. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z In decades of scholarly pursuits, “no country, no society, is shielded from the evils that the passivity of decent citizens can bring about,” he wrote. Fritz Stern, refugee and leading historian of Germany, dies at 90 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z But he is untrained in that habit, or its passivity. End game for Roman Polanski 2010-04-15T20:30:00Z There’s more wit in this, a funny passivity when Mr. Crossman frames Ms. Cloud with his arms and she turns, no help from him. Review: In Pam Tanowitz’s ‘Broken Story,’ Wit Comes Full Circle 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z In the 1960s when he became famous this artist, who boasted of his own passivity, was an all-too-accurate eye, recording the violence of a revolutionary age. Andy Warhol: the case against 2012-06-20T13:52:49Z His attraction for Sarita is bound up with "the passivity at the core of his being, his need to be a conduit", but for the reader he seems closer to a blank. The City of Devi by Manil Suri – review 2013-04-08T08:00:02Z She sustains her enigmatic passivity for days, unnerving her colleagues and disturbing the office flow as she practices the fine, rigorous art of saying no. Art in Review: ‘Maintenance Required’ 2013-06-20T18:15:33Z As Massimo Pigliucci explained in “How to Be a Stoic,” Stoicism is very much a practical philosophy of life that promotes social engagement and a genuine concern for others, not resignation and passivity. Letters to the Editor 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z So the Romans, like us, had a primary relationship between the body and the idea of obscenity – though their sexual schema was a little different, with shame attaching, above all, to sexual passivity. Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review 2013-05-23T06:30:19Z There seems to be a wave of passivity and surrender that has swept over the American public since the election of Donald Trump. Van Jones: “There was only one white guy in Hillary Clinton’s ad — and it was Donald Trump” 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Roused from passivity, she becomes involved in a game of blackmail between her father and his former associates. First novels: Catherine Taylor's choice – reviews 2012-08-24T21:55:02Z They are counting on your passivity when they outvote you. Perspective | Ask Amy: Distressed friend needs to ‘keep moving’ 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The special, which I'll review at greater length anon, glancingly engages issues of privilege, passivity, imagination and just what kids are coming to these days. 'Toy Story,' 'One Child,' Bing Crosby, Neil Armstrong and Handel 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Set against Lennon’s chilly passivity, Kitten’s dazzle is a delight. ‘Poser’ Review: Fade Into You 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z An Ireland finally capable of admitting to the ongoing psychoses, passivity and prejudices that still bind it today, even as it becomes, as O’Toole puts it, “one of the most globalized economies in the world.” His Life Was Too Boring for a Memoir. So He Wrote Ireland’s. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Meyer’s sympathy for femininity, and for passivity, is part of what many critics hate about the “Twilight” books. Without 'Twilight's' supernatural chill, can Stephenie Meyer still thrill readers? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The passivity of Celie makes her an unlikely protagonist in a musical, where stars are expected to shine and flicker blindingly. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Prudencia Hart’ Sing Anew in London 2013-07-16T21:56:11Z "Seen" probably isn't the right word, since that suggests the usual passivity of the theatergoer. London Theater Journal: 'You Once Said Yes' in London 2012-06-28T18:30:28Z The blend of inward tension and passivity she displays amounts to a kind of downbeat transcendence. Martyrdoms, border violence, a tree-eating android are all a part of 'What I See' 2010-07-15T20:59:00Z In the long term, ceaseless fury is probably more likely to curdle into passivity and cynicism, as people seek relief from their anger by numbing themselves to the news. ‘Every day brings some new trauma’: keeping calm in an anxious world 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z But in the flesh, the person he reminds you of is Larry David: they share the same loose-limbed cheer, the same passivity in the face of female force, the same basic frustration, despite material ease. Gianni Di Gregorio: The incidental director 2011-07-28T20:01:01Z Control, of course, is what we lack at a time of ambiguous and daily evolving governmental guidelines, as well as of the enforced passivity central to sheltering in place. We’re Holding Tight to Our Good Luck Talismans 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Somewhere between audience passivity and active audience participation in a theatrical experience is a sweet spot Cate McCrea is trying to create. Meet the designer behind Satori’s innovative ‘Albert Joseph’ 2014-05-02T19:11:09Z The characters’ mutual deceptions come off, mainly, as a contented laziness, a passivity that preserves the status quo, personally and professionally, at all costs. “Non-Fiction,” Reviewed: A Vacuum-Sealed View of France’s Culturati 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Here, the various tributaries of American nihilism flow into one another; a knowing passivity that regards cynicism as political courage leads to the rejection of liberal democracy on a juvenile dare. Richard Rorty’s Philosophical Argument for National Pride 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z This is one of the themes of “The Adventures of Augie March”; its wide-eyed hero feigns passivity as he bounds, opportunistically, from one experience to the next, recalling each in harshly musical prose. ‘The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964,’ by Zachary Leader 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z “Cinderella” is both a story of hope, redemption and justice while also being a story of passivity, obedience and physical attraction. Bringing an empowered Cinderella to the stage 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Until you take responsibility for your parental neglect, passivity and terrible judgment, you cannot hope for a reconciliation. Perspective | Ask Amy: Mother’s mistakes come back to haunt her 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z When the scene ends with Brittany’s having a seizure, Brooke and Jay look on in distressed passivity. Review: A Put-Upon Nanny Erupts in Todd Solondz’s ‘Emma and Max’ 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z So much so that one could conceivably read these stories with the same drugged passivity with which one shuffles through a lifestyle catalog. Emma Cline Knows First World Problems 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Her passivity is partly a narrative necessity, in that we observe this world through her eyes. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner – review 2013-06-05T15:01:59Z The Beales’s apparent passivity sits atop the festering wreckage of their lives, the rotting ruins of their dreams—and the essence of those dreams is theatrical. All Documentaries Are Participatory Documentaries 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “I wanted to play with the idea of passivity. She’s not passive anymore.” The Charming, Disgusting Paintings of Tala Madani 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z The emerging film is not simply a persuasive augmentation of Katz’s argument, but also a disturbing portrait of how very human impulses — passivity, rationalization, social pressures — can shape the writing of history. ‘Tantura’ Review: Unearthing the Past 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z No, the default posture for this endangered being in moments of crisis is polite passivity. Review: They Meet Again in ‘Later Life.’ Will Fireworks Follow? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It was given a helping hand by a feckless Mr Obama, already guilty of “passivity in the face of catastrophe” according to Mr Kilcullen. The mistakes that made Islamic State 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Instead, what the children witnessed was the worst combination of human behavior: their father’s brutality and another man’s silent passivity. Ask Amy: What happens when good men do nothing? “Once we are reduced to total passivity in our cars and homes, we are no longer inhabiting them,” he said. The Fight for the Right to Drive 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z But it is clear that her passivity and uncertainty make her perfect prey for Patrick and his group. Movie Review: Elizabeth Olsen in ?Martha Marcy May Marlene? - Review 2011-10-20T22:19:32Z Often the enforced passivity so central to the marketing and presentation of fashion leaves a viewer feeling unruly. In Paris, the Hunt for Real Emotion 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z This passivity parallels what’s been happening on his Twitter feed, where he has been posting elementary misreadings of American political history, screengrabbing text conversations that rebut the inaccuracies. The Battle for Kanye West Is Happening in Real Time 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z This kind of expectant passivity is difficult for professional dancers used to being in a state of constant physical control. Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle and Others on Collaborating 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z What adds freshness to “My Salinger Year” is not just its wry take on the writer of the rye but Rakoff’s sympathetic mix of passivity, naiveté, stoicism, earnestness, understated intelligence and finely honed literary sensibility. ‘My Salinger Year,’ by Joanna Rakoff It’s about signing off on male aggression and female passivity. College students cheer sex abuse 2013-09-05T14:55:00Z Nearly everywhere you look in this show, the male gaze is looking back, imbuing the female person with degrees of objectification and passivity. Looking Twice at Renoir and O’Keeffe (Ida, not Georgia) 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z She gives us female desire without shame or passivity, and follows abjection “into something bright and exalted, like presence.” This Female Consciousness: On Chris Kraus 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Armitage is just as good, capturing the passivity of a man who both resents and enjoys being led by a streamlined bulldozer. Review: In ‘Love, Love, Love,’ All You Need Is Selfishness. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z And by making the audience victims of Stockmann's tirade, Jones's production also turns our passivity into endorsement. Public Enemy – review 2013-05-14T11:40:16Z The moment when she folded and compressed the vinyl and then just watched it unfurl was emblematic of the piece’s passivity. Solos by DD Dorvillier’s Colleagues at St. Mark’s Church 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z These are parched, grieving people, whose need is so enormous they cannot begin to discern what they might actually want; they make outlandish gestures or freeze into passivity. ‘Mostly Dead Things,’ a Story of Taxidermy, Love and Grief, With Echoes of Past Literary Heroines 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The tip jar is therefore a symbol of worker passivity. Tipping breeds indentured servitude 2013-09-09T12:00:00Z For a while, it feels as if Cam is going to go down with the ship in a state of complacent passivity: Why bother doing anything since there is no future? Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z I think before, in my passivity, I had been waiting for someone else to unlock it or give me what I thought I needed. 'I wanted to explore my own pleasure' – how I rebooted my sex life 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z But Ms. Behrs finds the frightened passivity within Karla’s aggression, and she keeps us on her character’s side without even asking us to like her. Review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit’ Blends Rage With Gallows Humor 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “It was the young people’s Hamlet. David’s gentleness and passivity jibed absolutely with flower power and all that. He was wonderful.’ David Warner, Actor Who Played Villains and More, Dies at 80 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Are her early performances extreme expressions of female agency, or of abject passivity? Art Review | 'Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present': At MoMA, a Performance Artist Endures 2010-03-11T22:56:00Z This man is so affable, so grounded, so gentlemanly that he achieves a kind of blank passivity. ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Review: Stripping Down to Bare Essentials 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z And if no one is likely to approach the melancholy comic genius of Barbara Harris, the original star, Ms. Errico gets more out of Daisy than the passivity of the role might suggest. Review: ‘On a Clear Day,’ Eternally Odd, Gets Yet Another Life 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z According to Weissbourd, research shows that people deal best with problems when they “convert passivity into activity.” How to Talk to Your Kids About Scary News Events 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Such passivity—hello Zillow.com—and her ability to sleep through epic occult-related happenings are among the movie’s weaker points. Just How Scary is Sinister? 2012-10-11T15:30:57Z Then again, Johanna’s passivity could be a comment on religious conspiracies of silence and the ultimate passivity of God in the face of suffering and abuse. A Not-So-Cold Case in Not-So-Frigid Iceland 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z But while there’s a nonjudgemental passivity to Nancy’s injuries, the shark reserves a special wrath for the looter, severing him in half. Yet another white lady in jeopardy: “The Shallows” and Hollywood’s empathy gap 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Some theater is always not only a welcome but necessary way for fashion show viewers to relieve the numberless hours spent in unnatural states of forced passivity. Prada and Armani Reassert the Power of Consistency 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z In one sharp gesture, he tears the nightgown off her, as she stands with a lunar, frozen passivity. “Marnie” Is the Cure for Hitchcock Mania 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Lady Bird has something of the everydayness of Molly Ringwald’s various incarnations – minus the ramped-up passivity and recursive romantic trajectories that freighted many of Hughes’s films. Youth in revolt: is Lady Bird the first truly feminist teen movie? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z And the power of Mr. Brizé’s film — and of Ms. Chemla’s quietly volcanic performance — lies partly in the way ordinary disasters erupt in Jeanne’s life, at once challenging her passivity and emphasizing her helplessness. Review: Indelible Heartbreak, Moment to Moment, in ‘A Woman’s Life.’ 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Yet to place the work of initiating conversation solely on one group seems to encourage passivity in the other party, which seems to only hamper healthy communication. Does it really empower women to expect them to make the first move? 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z As they decide her future she sleeps between them, the epitome of submissive passivity. Twilight: the franchise that ate feminism 2010-07-12T16:07:00Z How to reconcile her perceived passivity and complicity? Review | In ‘Savage Tongues,’ a woman ponders a troubling relationship in her past 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But when the central characters' love jump-starts that thawing, the movie grows less evocative and more heavy-handed, pounding home its theme of engagement over passivity to the brink of Hollywood malarkey. Review: 'Warm Bodies' could use more heat 2013-01-30T17:16:04Z But how does Johnson's passivity square with his signature mantras that he is a mayor who favours taxpayer value, economic growth and the preservation of London's cultural heritage? Walthamstow stadium: viabilaity, credibility and democracy 2012-11-06T17:34:00Z More than one boyfriend has dropped him thanks to his passivity and emotional unavailability. A Comic Novel Reunites a Damaged Dad and His Recalcitrant Offspring 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z In its rambling, present-tense quality Ms. Kay’s writing has the “almost sick passivity” that Alfred Kazin disliked about Faulkner’s prose but also some of the “curious abstract magnificence” that he admired about it. Books of The Times: ‘Mountains of the Moon,’ by I. J. Kay 2012-07-10T13:31:36Z They introduce themselves as scientists and ask Claude to accompany them, which he does with unsettling, incurious passivity. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Je T’Aime, Je T’Aime,’ Explores Time and Memory 2014-02-13T23:06:59Z They share a set of tactics and traits, however, a certain sweetness and passivity, and, above all, a militant refusal to judge others. ‘100 Boyfriends’ Tells Lewd and Lonely Stories of Desire and Heartbreak 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Taking as a given the essential passivity and agony of passion, he contemplates with awe the infinitesimal distance between martyrdom and madness, between self-destruction and self-sacrifice. The Goofball Criminals of Paul Schrader’s “Dog Eat Dog” 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The female half of the human race spends an ungodly amount of time and money trying to unlearn passivity and replace it with a dose of speaking up for themselves. 5 things women wish men knew about sex 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Blanchard is very good at summoning Frank’s troubled passivity, if less convincing in the tragic heroics required at the end. Theater Review: ?The Witch of Edmonton?: A Supernatural Subject with Human Urges 2011-02-04T17:00:53Z Part of June’s struggle is to distance herself from the kind of helpless obedience that she recognizes in traditional Chinese women, and that she fears is manifesting itself in passivity in her own American life. Review: ‘The Joy Luck Club,’ by Amy Tan 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z To him, the opposite of Revisionism remains a suicidal passivity. Why Are American Jews Falling Out of Love With Israel? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z But compared with the controversies that greeted the infinitely superior Gherkin there appears to be general passivity, even enthusiasm, for this far more arrogant structure. Shard attack: why don't we rise up against this monstrosity? 2011-04-12T12:07:04Z I mention her passivity here because that is the very quantity that, in the end, keeps me from endorsing the otherwise highly salubrious co-working experience with full breathlessness. The Tricky Etiquette of Co-Working Spaces 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Instead, Ijames recommends thoughtfulness, passivity and gentleness in the face of disdain and disappointment. ‘Fat Ham’ Review: A Queer, Black ‘Hamlet’? Ay, There’s the Spice Rub. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z But his passivity means that when he finally registers the full extent of Medea’s payback, it’s hard to respond with the dazed, horrified wonder the moment demands. ‘Medea’ Review: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, Torched by Love 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Most of Dickens’ unhappy women suffer in silence or otherwise stoic passivity. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 9: Dombey and Son 2012-01-28T19:52:46Z Landreaux spirals into guilt, a creeping lassitude that soon blurs into passivity, resignation, a death wish to end the shame that nothing — no priest, no sweat lodge nor the cheer of his daughters — can ease. In Louise Erdirch's 'LaRose,' parents make an impossible bargain 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Her innocence is believable, but her passivity is narratively problematic. A Buzzworthy Debut About a Mysterious and Secluded Artists’ Retreat 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z There’s a certain passivity, a going back to childhood innocence that I never quite believed in. ArtsBeat Blog: On the Phone With Maurice Sendak 2011-09-16T15:59:35Z And resilience implies a kind of firm passivity. Critic?s Notebook: 9/11 Memorials: Many Perspectives, Few Answers 2011-09-02T23:58:41Z Levine equates personal, private and largely silent audience involvement with passivity because he sees it as representing defeat in the struggle against the culture guardians. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z CAConrad’s poems invite the reader to become an agent in a joint act of recovery, to step outside of passivity and propriety and to become susceptible to the illogical and the mysterious. Political Poetry Is Hot Again. The Poet Laureate Explores Why, and How. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z He argues that we have sometimes mistaken King’s nonviolence for passivity. The New Definitive Biography of Martin Luther King Jr. 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Sutherland, in his Broadway debut, is the most credible of the lot, quietly conveying a shrunken man poisoned by passivity and resentment. | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation?s Scars 2011-03-07T03:01:04Z Ms. Adams’s performance is sensitive and subtle, but the film can’t quite figure out what to do with her character’s passivity. ‘Big Eyes’ Casts Another Side of Keane Art 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Daft Punk early on felt a disenchantment with the French underground scene – lots of studenty types in black hanging around listening with cool passivity to imported indie. Daft Punk: 'Maybe when we were 16, rock was OK' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-03-20T12:41:57Z “We condemn attempts to label us as ‘victims,’ which implies defeat,” he declared as early as 1983, “and we are only occasionally ‘patients,’ which implies passivity, helplessness and dependence on the care of others. The AIDS Fight: Andrew Sullivan on a History of the Movement 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Dear Amy: Parents describing themselves as "Put Upon" wrote to you about their daughter and son-in-law's financial dependence on them, as well as the son-in-law's passivity in terms of simply being helpful at family gatherings. Perspective | Ask Amy: In-laws are too self-focused to care about pregnancy 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Fear, passivity, aggression, suffering — Ms. Abakanowicz stayed true to her themes, leaving viewers to draw their own conclusions. Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sculptor of Brooding Forms, Dies at 86 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z I needed to push back against the passivity, for sanity’s sake. I lost the use of my most important kitchen tool: My hand. The only way forward was to keep cooking. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z But, given Barcelona's humming vibrancy, it's strange to find a play so characterised by passivity. It's Raining in Barcelona ? review 2011-01-13T22:31:00Z Third, that it promotes passivity – which today's audiences, used to interactivity and with shorter attention spans, will not tolerate. What's so wrong with proscenium arch theatre? 2010-07-19T11:36:00Z But, as we moved into previews, I felt that I had cured the passivity in Daisy and allowed her to bring the two women together herself. I Love Performing Those Songs. But What About the Gender Politics? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z But the passivity of the majority also plays a role, staying out of the debate unless their own liberal lifestyles are at stake — as was the case with Lady Gaga. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T13:48:00Z But passivity rather than assertiveness has come to define Lopez in movies. ‘Second Act’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Deserves Better 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Even once it had stopped purposely killing its citizens in large numbers, it oppressed them, it poisoned them with a toxic environment, it stuffed their ears continually with nonsense, it demanded their absolute passivity. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z Surely Bongwan, with his potentially toxic blend of vanity, self-pity, passivity and guile, fits the profile of a recognizable and infamous type of lousy media man. Review: ‘The Day After’ and the Awkwardness of Lunch With the Boss 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z And Julie’s disturbing passivity, too, is challenged by her friends, who insist that she would be better off without him. A ride on a ‘Carousel’ is just the ticket right now 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z He shared her revulsion at France’s passivity in the face of fascism and was organizing those of like mind. Remembering a Woman Who Was a Leader of the French Resistance 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z It can breed passivity: “We seem to want to tune it out.” Perspective | A new media strategy for selling the seriousness of the climate crisis: Humor 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Yet increasing numbers of young blacks, appalled by scenes of African Americans being brutally treated by well-armed white police, were frustrated by what they saw as the passivity of the civil rights movement. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z A sweetness that would have relegated me to chicks’ work and chicks’ passivity and a chick’s small, meaningless life. Screw the sisterhood! I’d rather screw your boyfriend 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z While passivity of this kind might be true to life, portraying it like this in fiction — generally and without counterpoint — pulls energy from the narrative at large. A Debut Novel About Two Couples, Divided by Countries and Creeds 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z “Change Comes Upon Us Like a Change of Weather” seems right for the relative passivity of a serene and beautiful woman who resembles a 1930s starlet. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z I was surprised by Craig’s passivity, the shy manner in which he requested hot sauce at a restaurant for fear of annoying the busy staff. Modern Love: For the Jobless, Relationships Are Different 2010-04-30T17:53:00Z The discussion centered on the possibility Ophelia's death was the ultimate act of passivity. We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z But the passivity of the majority also plays a role, staying out of the debate unless their own liberal lifestyles are at stake - as was the case with Lady Gaga. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T06:28:08Z In literature as in life, heterosexual female experience is marked by objectification and passivity. A Deflated Adaptation of the Singular Cult Novel “I Love Dick” 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z That’s the dramatically tantalizing premise, but unlike Mr. Silver’s own volatile “Exit Elena,” the story is kept largely at a simmer, keyed to Robbie’s passivity more than to the women’s interior lives. Review: ‘Uncertain Terms’ Enters a Home for Pregnant Young Women 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Excess weight was a sign of weak character, or passivity. Poor, capable and funny: the return of Roseanne, the sitcom that broke all the rules 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z But George, alas, is the very model of passivity. Review: Sisters at War in ‘Sweet,’ a Triangle Amid ’60s Tumult 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z David Stilwell, a former assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, said the Pacific Fleet rebuttal was a welcome change from past U.S. military passivity toward Chinese propaganda. Pacific Fleet denies Chinese military claim of unsafe warship encounters 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Nor does she take the easy route of mistaking a young woman’s naiveté for passivity or victimhood, qualities that could scarcely be more absent from Spaeny’s intensely watchful performance. Review: 'Priscilla,' Sofia Coppola's best movie in years, shimmers with beauty and heartbreak 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Their approval of vaccines makes them good candidates; their passivity, however, makes them hard to motivate. A New Way to Inspire People to Get a COVID Vaccine 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z When Megan, the neighborhood screw-up, mocks the shop owner’s passivity with a customer, the line was: “Wow. Put your heart into it. Get behind it. Sell those plants.” Playwright Theresa Rebeck is busy in NYC this fall, with plays uptown and on Broadway 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Costa made the Sounders pay for their passivity in the second half. Cristian Roldan scores in stoppage time as Sounders clinch playoff spot 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Gone was the passivity and in its place an arrowhead of energy and intent straight to the heart of City's defence. Isak scores winner as Newcastle beat Man City 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z "Stranded between the supervising judge's protected passivity and the district attorney's looming indictment, petitioner has no meaningful option other than to seek this court's intervention," Trump's lawyers argued in their filing on Friday. “Embarrassing”: “Very Republican” Georgia Supreme Court just swatted down Trump’s legal Hail Mary 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z That has left Trump “stranded between the Supervising Judge’s protracted passivity and the District Attorney’s looming indictment” with no choice other than to seek action from the Supreme Court, his lawyers wrote. Trump asks top Georgia court to disqualify election probe prosecutor and toss grand jury report 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z They speak to inexcusable naiveté or, worse, passivity regarding the harm that some kids at Echo Glen are capable of inflicting. Echo Glen chaos shows WA's failure to balance juvenile rehabilitation with security | Editorial 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z In movies, as in society at large, good rules foster exceptions, tolerance, diversity, curiosity—the opposite of insularity, of narrow fandom, of passivity—precisely because they don’t presume to impose rigid norms. A Video Discussion of the Best Movies of the Year So Far 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z In our research, when we had people reflect on their own passivity in the face of intimidation, they became less critical of passive victims. E. Jean Carroll’s Case Reveals the ‘Double Victimization’ of Sexual Assault Survivors 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z David Ring, an attorney representing the Santana family, acknowledged that the approach of suing Gascón and the Probation Department because of their alleged passivity was unique. Family of slain El Monte officer sues Probation Department and Dist. Atty. George Gascón 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z John Burris, a civil rights attorney representing some Antioch community members in the federal lawsuit, doesn’t think passivity is exonerating. Column: Can California cops be fired for racism? The answer is surprising even to police 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Phoenix’s performance — already a master class in cowering passivity — becomes mumblingly incoherent and inert. Review | ‘Beau Is Afraid’: Mom’s inhumanity to man 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z There's a whole mythology around the passivity of enslaved people, which we know isn't true. Gynecology was built on Black women's suffering. We're still reckoning with its racist roots today 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Gerapetritis said the government was setting up a committee of experts to investigate “in a transparent way” the reasons of the crash as well as “the abnormalities, the passivity that has existed over time.” New Greek transport minister takes over, promises train crash answers 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z “He wants both the total mobilization of the country and the total passivity, a total acceptance,” an approach he described as “schizophrenic.” In a Celebration of War, Moscow Displays, and Demands, Unity 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Identity politics and diversity allow liberals to wallow in a cloying moral superiority, disguising their passivity in the face of corporate abuse, neoliberalism, permanent war and the curtailment of civil liberties. Diversity, "wokeness" and violent oppression: Lessons of the Tyre Nichols case 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Indeed, he developed his theories in reaction to what he felt was the navel-gazing passivity of traditional psychotherapy. Commentary: A critic does therapy with Phil Stutz, go-to shrink for Jonah Hill and other stars 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Glenda Gilmore conveys how the myth of the civil rights movement as “The Good Protest” — succeeding through passivity — distorts the truth and has been deployed to vilify more recent demonstrators for racial equality as “lawless.” Review | In ‘Myth America,’ historians set out to battle misinformation 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Wood’s warm and easily moved character makes for a lovely counterpoint to the passivity of the public works staff. Review | ‘Living’: Finding out what lasts, before it’s too late 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z At this point, inaction or passivity in the face of such evil is a choice. New Year's message from Republicans: Yes, the cruelty is still the point 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z This game disguises their passivity in the face of corporate abuse, neoliberalism, permanent war and the curtailment of civil liberties. Diversity, "wokeness" and violent oppression: Lessons of the Tyre Nichols case 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z She was a would-be revolutionary, fired by a hatred of corruption and global injustice, who despaired at the indolent passivity of youth. Dame Vivienne Westwood - the godmother of punk 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Judges at the war court have no authority to intervene in the functioning of the prison, other than suspending proceedings or dismissing charges as a remedy for government wrongdoing or passivity. Surgeons Rushed to Guantánamo as Prisoner’s Condition Deteriorates 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z At a weekend rally in Long Beach, Newsom urged Democrats to shake off doubt and passivity and go to the polls. Fierce fights over US House, LA mayor top California ballot 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Public passivity is helping elected officials to sleepwalk toward unfathomable catastrophe for all of humanity. Instead of freaking out about nuclear war, let's do something to prevent it 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z And, sadly, congressional passivity is matched by the mildness with which Norton and the other Democrats seeking migrant assistance accepted the out-of-hand rejection. Opinion | Migrants used as political pawns deserve more humanitarian aid 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z But he appears determined to resist such a measure, which could shatter the passivity with which much of the Russian public has treated the war. As Russians Retreat, Putin Is Criticized by Hawks Who Trumpeted His War 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, when Mr. Putin launched the invasion, it seemed that he had violated his two-decade, unspoken contract with Russians that traded political passivity on their part for rising living standards. A Draft for Russia’s Army? Putin Opts for Domestic Stability Instead. 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “He’s always going to look over the baseball, take his walks, run counts, but from pitch one there’s clear intent and there’s no passivity, which at times last year there was.” Mookie Betts has been on an MVP-caliber tear for Dodgers in Marlins series 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Used: Your patience and passivity have reached pathological proportions. Advice | Ask Amy: My husband’s driving makes me very anxious 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z While turning away from politics may indeed promote a tranquil life, it also promotes passivity. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Perpetual shock and surprise, especially when feigned, can lead to learned helplessness, passivity and surrender when bold proactive actions are required. What "revelations"? Trump's Jan. 6 crimes should shock exactly no one 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Pro-democracy Americans must move from a position of reaction, passivity and denial to a proactive posture, and go on offense in the war to save America's future and their own. Doomsday? Nearly half of "strong Republicans" believe it's almost time for armed violence 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The discipline that helped fuel their strong start turned into passivity at the plate. Angels determined to revive their season after 'really bizarre' first-half crash 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z It perpetuates, as Guy Debord writes, our "empire of modern passivity." Jan. 6 committee is spectacle taking the place of politics: It will accomplish nothing 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The thing I can't figure out is whether our politicians are failing us out of stubbornness, passivity, or both. Uvalde doctor's emotional testimony: Children were “pulverized” and “decapitated” by AR-15 bullets 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The new bill defines consent as an explicit expression of a person’s will, making it clear that silence or passivity do not equal consent. Spain: Parliament backs “Only yes means yes” consent bill 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The United Nations’ climate change panel just delivered more proof of our stubborn, catastrophic climate passivity. Column: When bathrooms have naming rights, has branding gone too far? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z A dynamic scorer on all three levels, Howard is a big guard with a quiet, unassuming nature that some perceive as passivity. Two names dominate the WNBA draft, but the Mystics are focused on three 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Yudin argues that Russia is moving out of authoritarianism — where political passivity and civic disengagement are key features — into totalitarianism, which relies on mass mobilization, terror and homogeneity of beliefs. Putin’s War in Ukraine Shatters an Illusion in Russia 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “Someone else has decided everything for them. This learned passivity is our tragedy.” Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin’s Invasion 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Like so many Tyler characters, he is active through passivity. Anne Tyler’s ‘French Braid’ captures the avoidances and silences of family life 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Rather than inaction or passivity, that problem reflects a pattern of American arrogance and folly. Op-Ed: America didn't take a 'holiday from history.' Unfortunately 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Indifference and passivity are sure to destroy it. Don’t be fooled: The GOP love affair with Putin is worse than it looks 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Arkhipova pointed out that his mantra, that the fight was not of good against evil but of good against neutral, was a direct challenge to the political passivity that Mr. Putin was demanding. Putin’s War in Ukraine Shatters an Illusion in Russia 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z But Ukrainians are not giving a pass to ordinary Russians, either, calling them complicit through years of political passivity. Hate for Putin’s Russia Consumes Ukraine 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z From ordinary Ukrainians preparing molotov cocktails to Germany’s leader proclaiming an end to his nation’s geopolitical passivity, the shifts have been extraordinary. Opinion | War in Ukraine has created a new financial weapon in the West 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z More of that passivity in the first half Thursday night against Oregon, compounded by the Bruins’ inability to make outside shots, prompted Cronin to replace Johnson with Riley to start the second half. Mick Cronin must think big in deciding which post player suits UCLA best for stretch run 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Conflate passivity and unity, and all the forced policies to manufacture evenness embolden countries accused of wrongdoing to live their best, unchallenged lives. Perspective | Olympic leaders need to learn: Inaction isn’t neutral. It’s abdication. 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Marseille’s defense was finally made to pay for its passivity on Lyon’s next move, as Shaqiri found himself unmarked in the box and calmly headed the ball beyond Lopez’s reach and into the net. COVID-recovered Dembele nets winner as Lyon beats Marseille 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Both of these natures can be taken to unhealthy extremes of control and passivity, but within a healthy range, it’s perfectly valid to want to live within your comfortable part of the scale. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to deal with mother-in-law’s ‘overwhelming’ lack of boundaries? 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z It is reasonable to feel angry about the American people's apparent passivity in the face of these obvious threats against democracy. With fascism coming, America responds: LOL who cares? Let's Netflix and chill 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z A required national policy has, in typical fashion, devolved to the local level, directed hither and thither by the waves of passivity the media can generate by exaggerating crime and violence. America in 2021: From the end of empire to the prospect of a new civil war 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z And given the potential passivity of watching television, the film would’ve been bolstered by studies confirming the success of the show’s ambitious educational mission. Review | ‘Street Gang,’ a ‘Sesame Street’ documentary, is as sweet as the show — to its detriment 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The most obvious examples of this passivity are booster shots and at-home testing. Opinion | Biden Can Do Better on Covid 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z I am saddened but not surprised by the tone of white passivity surrounding The Seattle Times’ coverage of the disciplinary complaint recently won by the parents of Anthony Souza-Ponce at Ballard High School. Racism: ‘White passivity’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Ultimately, who is to blame for the American public's passivity in the face of an escalating neofascist threat? With fascism coming, America responds: LOL who cares? Let's Netflix and chill 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Rose’s victimization and decline — and George’s passivity — too often feel perfunctory, driven by the necessities of plot rather than human nature. Review | ‘The Power of the Dog’ belongs to Benedict Cumberbatch, who brings menace and grief to the western film 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Let me set up my defenses first: I'm not advocating fatalism or passivity. Democrats and the dark road ahead: There's hope — if we look past 2022 (and maybe 2024 too) 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z That might seem like matter-of-fact realism, but it's more like thinly disguised passivity wrapped up in fatalism. The big climate crisis we aren't talking about: Is nuclear winter coming? 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z But such passivity, he felt, was becoming self-defeating. How the American Right Fell in Love With Hungary 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z He has shown patience or passivity, depending on the perspective, but the time for choosing is not far into the future. Analysis | Are Americans growing warier of more government just as Biden tries to pass his big agenda? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Taking the remake on its own terms, it makes coherent sense and the acting is outstanding, especially Jessica Chastain who goes from a numb passivity to a passionate expression of rage. 'Marriage' stories: Ingmar Bergman vs. HBO's Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain drama 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Nonviolence is sometimes criticized on the left as passivity or compliance. Opinion | Future political violence feels inevitable. Meeting it with violence won’t be the answer. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z In the face of tragedy, passivity feels awful. Opinion | We’re not posting for Gabby Petito. We’re posting for ourselves. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z From one current college code of conduct: “Consent may not be inferred from silence or passivity.” Opinion | Here’s why college guys commit sexual assaults they don’t realize are assaults 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z That sort of passivity, and earning applause for it, is a privilege of those already in power. 'Ted Lasso' may be TV's nicest show. That's exactly what's holding it back 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Too many Americans, to protect themselves from trauma or to evade personal responsibility for their inaction or indifference or passivity, have also consistently denied the dangers of Trumpism. Donald Trump's military coup didn't (quite) happen — but it was much closer than we knew 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Hinton is here to tell us that kind of passivity and apathy is all too likely to create the conditions for historic catastrophe. Could genocide really happen here? Leading scholar says America is on "high alert" 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z The suffering we are about to witness — and by our passivity, endorse — is a betrayal of something deep and ancient and profound. Opinion | We have too many wild horses. But this is no way to thin the herd. 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z That passivity discounts the horror of genocide, the ultimate crime. Opinion | One Woman’s Journey Through Chinese Atrocities 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z And she condemns the passivity of a medical establishment that she describes as more focused on profit than public health. Chagas killed her aunt. Her book examines why victims — many of them Latinos — and this disease are largely invisible in the U.S. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z He zeroed in on those bystanders who, through their passivity and lack of moral courage, helped carry out the evil done to 6 million Jews. Opinion | How do Trump’s perpetrators and bystanders stay silent? 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Eventually, however, it evolves into passivity—the castaway’s worst enemy. Coping Strategies of Ocean Castaways Hold Lessons for the COVID Pandemic 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z And the persistence of stereotypes of Asian Americans — pernicious, clashing notions of passivity, on one hand, and subversion of American norms of decency and purity on the other — mock their contributions to national life. Perspective | Why don’t we treat Asian American history the way we treat Black history? 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z There must be a proactive effort to dismantle such evil, but before that, there must be a recognition that good men fail women, too, with their passivity and conflict avoidance. Perspective | Our sports need a healthier version of masculinity, and men need to create it 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Romney and other Republican hawks on China tend to tell a story about American passivity. The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy. Really. 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The break allows the team to study those outings, pinpointing a lack of togetherness in the defensive zone and passivity in the third period as primary culprits for the dip in form. With an unexpected break, the Capitals have time to rest and recover 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Soon, she is at the bar, drinking beer at an “incredible rate to achieve a pleasant state of alcohol-induced passivity as quickly as possible, so that I won’t feel self-conscious.” Review: Strong, tormented women broadcast nightmare visions from Spain 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The overwhelming realism of film induces a kind of hypnotic passivity. Commentary: How to define theater in the digital era? I'll know it when I see it 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z These friends spar playfully, and sometimes furiously, over many oppositional subjects: art and commerce, assimilation and isolation, passivity and militancy, the spiritual and the secular. Review: Four legends walk into a motel room in Regina King's superbly acted 'One Night in Miami ... ' 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z But how does one better explain a work that reinforces mistruths about the passivity and inferiority of Black people? Opinion | Don’t ‘better explain’ the Emancipation Memorial. Put up monuments to Black people instead. 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The only negative emotion in the brain that supports taking action rather than avoidance and passivity is anger. How to outsmart your COVID-19 fears and boost your mood in 2021 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Gaze can play a role in social organization, with a direct gaze demonstrating social dominance and gaze aversion indicating passivity. When Our Gaze Is a Physical Force 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Ellison received overwhelming praise on the Chinese internet, with some contrasting his fast action during the Saturday morning incident with the relative passivity of the onlookers. British diplomat praised for saving drowning woman in China 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Ellison received overwhelming praise on the Chinese internet, with some contrasting his fast action during the Saturday morning incident with the relative passivity of the onlookers. British diplomat praised for saving drowning woman in China 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Republican passivity risks additional negative consequences for the country. Opinion | John Bolton: Time is running out for Trump — and Republicans who coddle him 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z It could not be said that the cub accepted it with passivity and stoicism. Zoo’s panda marks ninth week, can’t yet walk, but can crawl, zoo says 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z In what keepers took to be a sign of the absence of panda passivity, it barked as it was being measured. Zoo’s giant panda cub now an open-eyed 8 weeks old, keepers say 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “Fire Season” wants us to look at what we’ve been using as a distraction and an escape, but also to fully embrace life, to not let challenges turn into passivity. A COVID-safe interactive outdoor theater explores California's fire season and life in 2020 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Those who praise such judicial passivity must implausibly assume, as Neily says, that government “hits the constitutional strike zone” at least 99.5 percent of the time. Opinion | A useful litmus test for the next Supreme Court justice 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Aurnab Ghose, one of the principal investigators of the study and a biologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, said the findings were not cause for passivity. India passes coronavirus milestone: The largest number of daily cases in the world 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Though the polls suggest that has served him well, he will be expected to show much more than relative passivity, starting on Thursday. Analysis | A crisp opening for the Democrats, but questions remain that only Biden can answer 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z But what these novels are so good at depicting is the complexity and necessity of passivity and its sometimes violent results. Is the literary trend toward passive women progress? Maybe we’ve been misreading 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z “Leaders like Putin push as far as they can without provoking meaningful pushback, and in that sense, Trump’s continued passivity toward Russia could embolden Putin to proceed more aggressively.” Trump Still Defers to Putin, Even as He Dismisses U.S. Intelligence and the Allies 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate Naked Athena, and the white Navy veteran whose passivity exposed the bellicose bent of federal agents. Opinion | Who Gets to Be a ‘Naked Athena’? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Part of the challenge for institutions is that there is often a strange emotional comfort in the shared feeling of alienation and passivity. What's wrong with WhatsApp 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “The days of American passivity and naivety regarding the People’s Republic of China are over,” O’Brien told a group business leaders in Phoenix. Trump’s national security adviser takes aim at China 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Often they are built in fragments, structured around failure, absences, passivity and lacks. Is the literary trend toward passive women progress? Maybe we’ve been misreading 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z The relevant word here was “standing,” an admission of passivity. Opinion | Trump’s war on pragmatism 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z But perhaps most remarkably, Trump is using the strictures necessary to control the virus as a form of participation in mass passivity. Trump is preparing the ground for a totalitarian dictatorship — but we can stop him 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z There’s very little passivity left in how we entertain ourselves. Tiger King is a show about how the internet eats us all 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The dominant theme is not activism or passivity; not textualism or originalism; not pragmatism; not really any coherent jurisprudential philosophy worthy of an “ism.” Review | Conservatives have controlled the Supreme Court for 50 years. These are the results. 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z It is the “incredulity response” Offill described to me: How do we keep passivity at bay? How to Write Fiction When the Planet Is Falling Apart 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z American readers accepted Asian authors, Chan and Chin argued, as long as they conformed to stereotypes of social passivity. The Asian-American Canon Breakers 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z He accused Mr. Buttigieg — “and the media that fetes him” — of subscribing to the mistaken notion “that the path to defeating Donald Trump lies in a form of corrupt passivity.” 2020 Democratic Candidates Wage Escalating Fight (on the Merits of Fighting) 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z That which means passivity, tamed femininity, and this is so pervasive, it's sunk into our culture so much, it's very difficult to get rid of. Why one philosopher believes dogs are the bridge between humanity and nature 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z State was paralyzed and neutered because of the passivity of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who emerges from the transcripts as a portrait in cowardice. Opinion | Even the officials who tried to do Trump’s dirty work knew it was wrong 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Perhaps with a narrative that never permits passivity. How to Write Fiction When the Planet Is Falling Apart 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Hope says two incidents in early September suggest the honeymoon of apparent army passivity may be over. Hugs or bullets? Mexico conflicted over how to fight crime 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z It therefore encourages bad behaviors and a passivity about one’s circumstances. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z It threatens to sink democracy with passivity and politeness. Doomed, delusional, divided and corrupt: How the Democratic Party became a haunted house 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Although they improved drastically after half‑time, there was an odd passivity to them in the first half. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “It encourages fragmented logic by the briefer and passivity in the listener,” Mattis writes, adding that “it makes us stupid.” Analysis | The Daily 202: Jim Mattis’s reading list offers a jarring contrast to Trump’s lack of intellectual curiosity 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Yet the big problem with bad news about the environment is that it too easily leads to resignation and then passivity. Opinion | Why doom and gloom won’t help us fight climate change 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z We either support systems and policies that promote racial inequality – with enthusiasm, or by our own passivity – or we actively fight them. Ibram X Kendi on why not being racist is not enough 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The lawsuit, which in the French style is against unnamed defendants, accuses officials of “lapses” in setting up protection against lead poisoning, and blasts the “passivity of the public officials.” Notre-Dame Fire Released Toxic Lead That Authorities Dismissed, Lawsuit Says 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z But the idea that Putin & Co. are pleased to see McConnell’s recent passivity on election security is much easier to believe. McConnell tries to defend himself from 'Moscow Mitch' criticisms 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The defensive passivity of press both feeds off and nourishes the defensive passivity of the Democrats. Democrats' Trump-era quandary is familiar: Play offense or defense? It ought to be obvious by now 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z What seemed to spook him about socialism was an implied passivity. John Hickenlooper’s War on Socialism 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z As the candidate and her top advisors took a victory lap through the post-debate spin room, Harris made clear passivity would not win the race. Kamala Harris, known for caution, finds a risky move pays off against Joe Biden 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z These civilian and military employees effectively mutinied against the passivity and foolhardiness of their superiors. Review | In Vietnam, defying U.S. authorities to rescue U.S. allies 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z It is no use, my anger on her behalf or my lament over her passivity. Wake up, England: Boris Johnson’s ‘charm’ is just the arrogance of those born to rule | Suzanne Moore 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z But if Japanese women have often been stereotypically portrayed as submissive and weak, this idea of passivity may be dissipating at the start of the new Reiwa Era. 'There are almost no women in power': Tokyo's female workers demand change 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The convention’s passivity yielded a crop of fresh victims. Opinion | The Southern Baptist Convention must enact tough reform on its sexual abuse crisis 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z White supremacists attempted to create an image of black inferiority, passivity and helplessness. Opinion | In opposing Harriet Tubman, Trump has messed with the wrong woman 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z When he considered Spain, Italy, and Greece, where painful austerity measures had led to widespread street protests and the rise of populist parties, Pinto was struck by the passivity of his home country. How Football Leaks Is Exposing Corruption in European Soccer 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z But reality not only points in the opposite direction, it also turns the question around, leading us to wonder about the Republican’s passivity. Presidential whining about Flynn doesn't do Trump any favors 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z "Male heroes are typically depicted achieving their goals through action and passivity is often perceived as weakness," she said. How Game of Thrones’ women took centre stage 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Senate Democrats yesterday unveiled a new video, blasting McConnell for his passivity. Will the GOP-led Senate ever get back to legislating? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps encouraged by this passivity, the administration is doubling down, seeking to eliminate Iran’s remaining oil exports by threatening buyers, including China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Japan, with sanctions if they do not comply. Opinion | Trump wants to impose more sanctions on Iran. It could slide us toward war. 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Making matters worse, this is not just a story about White House passivity and negligence in the face of a looming threat. Did Mulvaney warn the DHS chief not to bring up election interference? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Yo, I share this with you because no one else is: There’s a passivity towards engagement by Star FAs,” he wrote. Perspective | If NBA stars with an eye on free agency are risk-averse in the playoffs, the game suffers 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Last April, David Buckel, a retired gay rights lawyer from Brooklyn, set himself on fire in Prospect Park to draw attention to humanity’s passivity in the face of manmade climate change. US briefing: Tiger Woods' amazing comeback, Ilhan Omar and Mayor Pete 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Extinction Rebellion, and similar groups such as the Sunrise Movement, believe mass civil disobedience is the most effective way to break through passivity and pressure governments to take concrete action on the climate. A lawyer set himself on fire to protest climate change. Did anyone care? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z These are explanations and not excuses, a diagnosis for passivity when confronted by evil. Beto O'Rourke is correct: Trump's immigration rhetoric is straight out of the Third Reich 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Anger might seem like the most apposite response, but what we have mostly seen is a strange passivity. Petitions and jokes will not halt this march into Brexit calamity | John Harris 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Nagle shows us the internalized anguish behind Wilde’s deceptive passivity — the thwarted brilliance and loss behind his valiant savoir-faire. SoCal theater listings, March 10-17: ‘The Wolves’ at Echo Theater Company and more 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s the shock of the dead kid or the 12-year-old, or it’s his self-disgust as a participant in passivity. The dark brilliance of Bret Easton Ellis, by Ottessa Moshfegh 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z He made his way to a stretch of grass, where he emailed media outlets a statement decrying humanity’s passivity in the face of pollution and global warming. A lawyer set himself on fire to protest climate change. Did anyone care? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z For Tyler Gregory, neither the behavior of the protesters nor the passivity of the organizers came as a surprise. Opinion | The Progressive Assault on Israel 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Dissident Quakers impatient with their faith’s passivity, they shipped to New York from England in 1774 and sailed up the Hudson, reaching Hancock nine years later. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A Cassandra reading would be that now the world needs consumers, and that’s what we’re producing: gentle passivity, the ultimate spectators. Parents can police screen time – but good luck telling your children that | Zoe Williams 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Many of our worst challenges are deepened by apathy and passivity. Opinion | Let’s honor the life of a great American who took an unconventional path 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z I ask you to choose action over passivity. Text of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s inaugural address 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “In spite of Guatemala’s efforts with the United Nations, the silence, passivity and negativism of the secretary-general contributed to an uncertainty in the CICIG’s actions that put at risk the country’s sovereignty,” Guatemala’s president said. Guatemala pulls out of UN corruption body, expels members 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z His passivity in front of the Russian president was met with criticism from lawmakers and former officials. Analysis | Trump’s 2018 fight club: The brawls, the bromances and the bad blood in between 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z His passivity bled into his relationship with the business. 'It will kill me' – behind the devastating Avicii documentary 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z If the answer is, “not a whole lot,” how will the White House justify the president’s passivity? Mattis breaks new ground, claims Russian interference in midterms 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Whatever the other motives for this staged attack, this kind of passivity may well be what the Russians are counting on. Opinion | Russia’s latest attack on the Ukrainians is a warning to the West 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z We were fed up with the passivity of Switzerland’s established parties. Switzerland has been a lab for toxic rightwing politics. We took that on | Flavia Kleiner 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z In this context, “passivity” is a desirable trait. Is the greenest building one that’s already built? A UW professor investigates 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z And there’s the passivity of the so-called civilian population – locals who stand by when a black person is beaten up in the town centre. I live among the neo-Nazis in eastern Germany. And it’s terrifying | Anonymous 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z “This is where I see the breakdown of society: the passivity and tacit acceptance of those in positions of influence.” Donald Trump's rhetoric has stoked antisemitism and hatred, experts warn 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z This kind of broken passivity was often mirrored around me. Homeless women are the sexual assault survivors no one talks about. Here’s my story. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z I think there is a lot of passivity in modern America. ‘This is evil at work’: how should a small town react to neo-Nazis? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z What’s left is a painful, frustrating, sometimes infuriating depiction of helplessness, even passivity, as a life full of potential circles the drain. Review | ‘Beautiful Boy’ is a tour de force for Timothée Chalamet. But Steve Carell misses the mark. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z If the president isn’t guided by evidence, and he’s not motivated by an arms deal that doesn’t exist, what explains his passivity? Key GOP senator: Trump admin has 'clamped down' on Khashoggi intel 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z A reaction to second-wave feminism as well as more distant events — the Industrial Revolution, the Vietnam War — the movement denounced what its leaders believed was a rise in “passivity” and a decline in male bonding. When Did Everything Get So ‘Toxic’? 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z This is not the same dynamic as the battered wife who submits or colludes because of her own passivity in the face of violence. The myth of the she-devil: why we judge female criminals more harshly 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z “I think there is a lot of passivity in modern America. I think that people don’t think for themselves for the most part. They outsource it to media”, Rose says. ‘This is evil at work’: how should a small town react to neo-Nazis? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Negotiations left her with “intrusive thoughts, an increased sense of extreme anxiety and fearfulness, complete helplessness and passivity,” the lawsuit says. Cristiano Ronaldo accused of rape, sued by Nevada woman 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Democratic passivity does not appear to be an issue this time. Senate hearing shaped by lessons learned from Thomas process 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Examine the passivity of the phrase, how it removes agency. ‘Stray bullet’: No such thing 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z It is ultimately the passivity of those silent accomplices that eats away at the fabric and foundations of a republic, leaves it vulnerable to demagoguery and dread. The US’s intolerant mood reminds me of Chile before the coup struck | Ariel Dorfman 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z “In an era of passivity, fake reality and meaningless violence, what is it really that we should look up to?” he wrote. ‘We Live Death’: A Chronicler of Afghan Loss Is Killed on Live TV 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z With opinion polarising as it is now, such political passivity is suicidal. Trump’s poll ratings are better than Macron’s, after a year. Why? | Christophe Guilluy 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Because the issue was driven by outsiders to divide the community, most candidates choose to avoid it, focusing more on the passivity of elected officials and other problems they’ve failed to address. Beneath the blue wave in Orange County: Not just about House races in longtime GOP stronghold 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z And we are supposed to believe that racist feelings dwindle into passivity simply because the thugs cannot access Facebook for a few days or maybe a week? Facebook’s content moderation efforts face increasing skepticism 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The “relative passivity of law enforcement” in response to the white supremacist torch march at the University of Virginia’s campus on August 11 set an “ominous tone” for the following day, the review found. Charlottesville anniversary: anger over police failures simmers at protest 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Between the Trump administration’s passivity, and GOP lawmakers’ skepticism about additional investments, it’s not exactly easy to feel confident about Republicans’ interest in the issue. Senate GOP rejects Dems' effort to boost election security funding 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z On the other hand, its central point, that Facebook’s willful passivity in the face of most things enables its worst actors, seems hard to argue with. A shadowy influence campaign on Facebook is targeting liberal activists 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z It also served to encourage passivity: if possibility and impossibility are weighted equally, your inaction is excused. Fifty Years Later, Andrei Sakharov’s Seminal Essay Is a Powerful Model of Writing for Social Change 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Bruno, whose passivity and lack of curiosity suggest a child much younger than nine, never asks why he is forbidden to cross the fence. How Should Children’s Books Deal with the Holocaust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Is this passivity and perhaps exhaustion also part of Russia and Putin's psy-op against the American people? Malcolm Nance on Trump: We’re “on the cusp” of “losing the American constitutional republ... 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The law does not permit passivity as a sign of voluntary participation or as a defense. Consent law revising rape criteria takes effect in Sweden 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z The judges ruled that there was not sufficient evidence of violence or intimidation, and they noted what they said was the passivity of the victim during the assault. 5 Men in ‘Wolf Pack’ Pamplona Sexual Assault Case Are Released on Bail 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Such passivity will serve only to embolden Mr. Ortega to continue his repressive response. Daniel Ortega must be stopped 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z A position paper by the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine also advocated for reform, saying abstinence-only education “reinforces gender stereotypes about female passivity and male aggressiveness.” The orgasm gap: Picking up where the sexual revolution left off 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Sontag believed that a certain passivity was inescapable in spectatorship, and that any image of violence would be tainted by this passive distance. What Does It Mean to Look at This? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The approved text stops short of making expressed consent a condition for sex but states that passivity is not a sign of agreeing to sex. Sex without consent is rape, says Sweden 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Defence lawyers argued the apparent passivity was proof of consent. Pamplona protests over bull-run rape case 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z This time round, she has lost all her passivity, she says. Shania Twain on abuse, betrayal and finding her voice: ‘I wanted a break – but not for 15 years’ 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Realizing that he and his peers would be living through the consequences of their passivity, Finkbeiner started the environmental group Plant-for-the-Planet, which then partnered with the UN’s Billion Tree campaign. 5 Times People Used Trees to Change the World 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z It also included a friendly waving emote in the game’s original release back in September to let players nonverbally communicate passivity and friendliness. Fortnite’s ‘50 v 50’ mode is teaching players how to be less selfish 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z He eschewed the passivity that marred most of his 2017 regular season, plagued by "nibbling" as manager Dave Roberts called it. Early struggles doom Dodgers 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, Thailand’s economic policymakers also exhibit some of the macroeconomic passivity that once paralysed Japan. The next Japan is not China but Thailand 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z In the face of Washington’s passivity, Iran orchestrated a violent, punitive response by the Iraqi government and the pro-Iranian militias against the Kurds, using the 2017 independence referendum as a pretext. Limit Iran’s Influence in Iraq 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Depending on how you look at it, this is either progress or passivity. What Alan Cumming's role as a gay lead means for mainstream TV 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “Such passivity only encourages Trump to malign and menace Mueller and his investigation — and at some point words might lead to action,” writes Los Angeles Times editorialist Michael McGough. Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump’s increasingly confrontational approach to Mueller enabled by congressional GOP timidity 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s against this backdrop that Trump is not only doing very little, he also expects “credit” for his passivity against a foreign threat. Trump wants 'credit' for non-existent efforts to shield elections 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z There has been no proper accounting, either, for the USOC’s years-long passivity on hundreds and hundreds of other abuse cases across multiple sports. Perspective | Scott Blackmun’s painful USOC legacy: Knowledge, inaction and misplaced priorities 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z When it comes to our Russian attackers, we see Donald Trump’s passivity. After indictments, Trump lashes out wildly (but not at Russia) 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Repelled by Britain’s passivity in the face of fascism, disgusted by the suffering of the depression years, these gilded, idealistic youths turned to Communism as undergraduates at Britain’s most brilliant university. Decrypting the Cambridge Five 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z This is a vision of anger as fuel and fire, as a powerful inoculation against passivity, as strange but holy milk suckled from the wolf. I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not Anymore. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Others disagreed with President Barack Obama’s passivity in Syria in 2013. Trying to Defend President Trump’s Derision, Diplomatically 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Lack of confrontation may also indicate passivity, and make a location look like an inviting place for holding additional events, and for recruiting. Colleges Brace for Tumult in 2018 as White Supremacists Demand a Stage 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z And for the first half Palace pressed and pushed upfield with a contained fury that put the passivity of Newcastle United last weekend to shame. Jesus and De Bruyne injured as Manchester City’s winning run ends at Palace 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z That is particularly true at a time when the regime is failing to deliver the rising living standards it once offered Russians in exchange for their passivity. Opinion | Putin may be in more trouble than we know 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z They also lead to larger questions concerning freedom and fate, appearance and reality, choice and passivity. Noteworthy books of 2017: general fiction 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z The passivity displayed by the Dodgers reflected both organizational philosophy and payroll inflexibility. Dodgers stick to strategy as other teams sign elite relief pitchers 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z There is a line between reactivity and passivity and in the first half United were on the wrong side of it. Manchester United were too passive in derby – Mourinho must take the blame | Jonathan Wilson 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z This lack of clarity about America’s place in the world has guided the public to ever more more ignorance and passivity. Opinion | How the Republicans Broke Congress 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Finding a balanced, and fair, state of vigilance is difficult; passivity may prove deadly, activism destructive. A just defense in war against press 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Their aggression and passivity fluctuate depending on hormone levels that determine whether they are more likely to eat or be eaten. Meet the Spiders That Completely Defy What We Know as Jet Lag 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Unless public engagement replaces our collective passivity, mass shootings will continue. Opinion | How You Can Help Prevent Mass Shootings 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Springer said the strikeouts were not an indication of increased passivity. Astros could not solve the Game 1 riddle that were Clayton Kershaw's pitches 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Our passivity and procrastination in doing what we need to do to prevent identity theft help the crooks. Perspective | Terrifying tales of data breaches make consumers want to scream 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z “Putin knows that his power and influence is inferior to ours, so he seeks to subvert us, erode our will to resist, and terrorize us into passivity.” John McCain says he was a victim of Russian-backed Facebook ad 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z At the heart of women’s empowerment lies the demand for a more robust global sisterhood, one in which no women are relegated to passivity and silence, their choices limited to sewing machines and chickens. Opinion | The Myth of Women’s ‘Empowerment’ 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z “Red Famine” claims that Ukraine’s current “pathologies”—including political passivity and tolerance of corruption—can be traced back to the famine. Stalin’s famine, a war on Ukraine 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z “The girls’ handbook conveys messages about approaching activities with autonomous and critical thinking, whereas the boys’ handbook facilitates intellectual passivity through a reliance on organizational scripts.” Perspective | Don’t fall for it, Girl Scouts. The boys only want you to save their own hides. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Yet perversely, Mr. Trump is matching his passivity toward Iran’s regional meddling with an apparent determination to torpedo the nuclear pact. Opinion | Trump may be planning to make a very bad decision on the Iran deal 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The game looked set for a draw but Nice’s defense was made to pay for its passivity in the closing moments. Nice defeated at home ahead of Champs League playoffs 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z He acknowledged there is some restlessness among experts regarding the relative passivity of antitrust regulators in recent decades. How big is too big? Amazon sparks antitrust concerns 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z They see religion as promoting passivity, conformity and, in extreme cases, violence. Opinion | The 7,150 nuns who fought against Trumpcare 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z He says he has taken political risks in the name of progress and accuses Hogan of “passivity” while in office. Rushern Baker, leader of Prince George’s, to run for Md. governor in 2018 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Slowly, imperceptibly, she faded, slipping into ever greater passivity, until in the end an aide dropped her and she didn’t survive the fall. We unplugged my father from everything, as he wished, but I wasn’t ready to let go 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Adolescents spending scores of hours a week on screen time with their devices acquire “a zombie-like passivity” that saps their “agency.” Opinion | The way to restore American self-reliance: Make kids work harder 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Pirsig’s novel was in part an ode to the motorcycle and how he saw the world so viscerally traveling on one, compared to the TV-like passivity of looking out at the window of a car. ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ author dead 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z It’s a statistic about passivity, which is just what a democracy in the era of Trump can no longer afford. A Hundred Days of Trump 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z The corollary to white innocence is white passivity, the feeling that what one’s ancestors did was so messed up that it couldn’t possibly make a difference where one eats a barbecue sandwich. America’s Most Political Food 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z After six years of U.S. passivity, there are limits now and the United States will enforce them. Opinion | The Great Reversal — for now 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A strong U.S. response in Syria would make it clear to the likes of Putin, Xi Jinping, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Kim Jong Un that the days of American passivity are over. Opinion | It’ll take more than a missile strike to clean up Obama’s mess in Syria 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z There’s some other variable, and I think it’s about passivity and entertainment and oblivion. Father John Misty: ‘I get sick pleasure out of reading about how much people hate me’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Fourteen years later, I use the term hope because it navigates a way forward between the false certainties of optimism and of pessimism, and the complacency or passivity that goes with both. Protest and persist: why giving up hope is not an option 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z What’s different now is that the dominance of streaming rewards passivity – repeat listening – rather than active discovery. Ed Sheeran's dominance of the Top 20 is a only a symptom of how sick the charts are 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z After the last election, haven’t Democrats learned that such passivity and lack of clear commitment to improving people’s lives in this most basic way are no longer acceptable? Opinion | Replace Obamacare with KISScare? 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z McMaster instead shifted the blame to some of the Army’s most storied generals, whom he faulted for their passivity and willingness to support a policy of gradual escalation that they knew was doomed to failure. Trump’s new national security adviser: A soldier who can say ‘No, sir’ 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z But music puts us in a position of passivity, it owns and shapes our time. Arnold Schoenberg: Do not approach with caution 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z “It’s unclear to me how a higher degree of passivity would advance our mission,” he said at the time in response to criticism. Trump taps Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z So, too, is the passivity of congressmen who spent much of the past six years denouncing the previous president for his imperial use of executive orders. Trust me, I’m the president 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Zama, a man as impetuous as he is stuck, resembles other existentialist antiheroes as he swings between spellbound passivity and sudden lunges into action. A Neglected South American Masterpiece 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The second story has been about police excess in dealing with suspects and passivity in dealing with civilian reports of crime. Crime in Chicago and America’s Policing Crisis 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z They also, while grounded in humble quotidian details, lead to larger questions concerning freedom and fate, appearance and reality, choice and passivity. Rachel Cusk’s ‘Transit’: transition zone from an old life to a new one 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “Years of passivity and drift among US policymakers have allowed the US-China trade deficit to grow to the point where it is widely recognised as a major threat to our economy,” Lighthizer wrote. China calls US 'a shooting star' in history as Trump picks protectionist trade chief 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Between the passivity of the F.B.I. and the passivity of the D.N.C., almost no progress had been made to identify and lock out the hackers. How We Identified the D.N.C. Hack’s ‘Patient Zero’ 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Our ostentatious passivity is a primary cause of that darkening. Aleppo’s fall is Obama’s failure 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z “A lot of times this disease causes passivity, and we’re always looking for ways to combat that.” Therapy Cats for Dementia Patients, Batteries Included 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z South Carolina’s residents remained peaceful following the Scott shooting, but to nonchalant bureaucracy peace appears to be identical to passivity. The Walter Scott Mistrial and the Crisis of Facts 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Beyond Benghazi, American officials said that in time, the general grew angrier at what he saw as the Obama administration’s passivity in dealing with worldwide threats — from Sunni extremist terrorism to Iran. In National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Experience Meets a Prickly Past 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Would one of us become guilt-ridden about our “active passivity” regarding medical intervention? A united family can make all the difference when someone is dying 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z And their passivity on ensuring the quality and accuracy of that content allows the hoaxers and con artists to flourish. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z And some see Mr. Obama’s caution and passivity as a contributing cause to both. Europeans View Obama’s Exit With a Mix of Admiration and Regret 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z As American culture began worrying less about women’s purity and more about their growing political and economic power, fictions responded by imagining idealised female presidents in terms of passivity and pacifism. ‘Hillary Clinton didn’t fail us. We failed her’ 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z THE SELF-DEFEATING passivity of President Obama’s policies in the Middle East may have reached its apotheosis earlier this month at a National Security Council meeting that he chaired. The next president and the Middle East 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The punishment for their passivity was an 8-4 defeat that moved them to within a game of elimination. Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers afraid to take risks 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “The ‘strategic patience’ touted by this administration is a ridiculous euphemism for passivity and paralysis that invites further aggressive actions by Russia and other international pariahs,” he said. Russia missile treaty violation worsens, lawmakers tell Obama 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z He doesn’t like the passivity he says he sees in the military under Obama. One of Washington’s reddest counties struggles with Trump — but he’ll win there anyway 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z As though the Palestinians, had the agreement never been signed, might have continued living submissively and in perfect passivity under Israeli occupation for all eternity. Shimon Peres did great things, but he failed in what mattered to him the most | David Grossman 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z His record of passivity in the face of Assad's and Putin's mass murder and other rights abuses, including the use of chemical weapons, will tarnish the memory of his presidency forever. Obama Puts Syria at Arm’s Length as Carnage Drags On 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Sadly, a lot of fishermen don't want to discuss these changes--and their passivity is painful to experience. Obama on Climate Change: The Trends Are ‘Terrifying’ 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The length of his embassy stay and “the earlier passivity” of police investigators were “arguments for setting aside the detention,” it noted. Swedish court upholds Julian Assange arrest warrant 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The regret Rodgers may have would have resided in his side’s apparent passivity. Lionel Messi scores hat-trick in Barcelona’s 7-0 thrashing of Celtic 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Refusing to impeach Koskinen would continue the passivity by which members of Congress have become, in Turley’s words, “agents of their own obsolescence.” Congress should impeach the IRS commissioner — or risk becoming obsolete 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Both fighters often appeared unwilling to spar and were penalized by the referee for passivity. China, Azerbaijan win Rio’s last taekwondo gold medals 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z His lawyers in Sweden recently made a new appeal to drop the arrest warrant against him, citing the “passivity” of the Swedish prosecutor in trying to question him. Julian Assange to Be Questioned by Sweden Over Rape Claim, Ecuador Says 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z When you consider that the side effects of the lobotomy — tractability, passivity, docility — overlap nicely with what many men considered to be ideal feminine traits, that disparity is perhaps not surprising. A Brain Surgeon’s Legacy Through a Grandson’s Eyes 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z If however you do have a point of view and censor yourself out of fear or passivity then you’ve done yourself and your times a grave disservice. Tom Morello on why activism in music matters: 'Dangerous times demand dangerous songs' 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z A disintegrating Europe could subside into an impotent passivity that will shrivel the entire Atlantic partnership, which represents one of the greatest achievements of the past century. Out of the Brexit Turmoil: Opportunity 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “We are hungry” is now a familiar chant in the long lines outside supermarkets, which, until recently, were notable for their passivity. Venezuelan city under effective curfew after mass looting 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Lament LeBron’s alleged passivity in the fourth quarter, but these numbers have nothing to do with those hot takes. The Cavs have no cards left to play – and that's far more painful than any low blow 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z "Silence is not the answer and passivity is not our prescription for healing," it read. Southern Baptists talk racial unity with black Baptist head 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z “Silence is not the answer and passivity is not our prescription for healing,” it read. Southern Baptists talk racial unity with black Baptist head 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The vice-president instead ascribed blame to “a culture that promotes passivity”. Joe Biden to Stanford sexual assault victim: 'I am in awe of your courage' 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He said such an argument, which is common in Israel after years of conflict and failed talks, "should not serve as an excuse for passivity and inaction." Israeli ex-officers issue peace plan, condemn gov't inaction 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z If passivity was their primary problem Sunday, they will need more Green-related passion for Game 4, less California cool, to match the Thunder’s combustibility. Draymond Green Won’t Miss Game 4 After Kicking Steven Adams 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Both passivity and grandiosity inhere in the concept of manifest destiny. When we unlock the secrets of our genes, what do we do with that knowledge? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The thing about utilities, though, is that, at least in the U.S., we expect a kind of dumb passivity from them. Why Do We Care If Facebook Is Biased? 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The passivity of certain Republican leaders in the face of the coming Trump nomination will take any number of forms. John Kasich Drifts Away 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z While it is not at all clear that the allegations of WebBank's total passivity are true, what is more important is what is not alleged. Marketplace Lenders Aren't Mobsters 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z He could choose passivity and grant Goldschmidt a walk with the game tied in the eighth inning. Dodgers' bullpen gives up four runs in home-opening loss to Diamondbacks, 4-2 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z “The passivity that was once expected of law enforcement officials . . . is a thing of the past.” Brazil’s nightmare: No end in sight 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z What escalated the injury of cancer for me was the passivity medical protocols produced or required. After Physical Therapy, Why Not Cancer Therapy? 1463-10-12T05:00:00Z Though not without cost, these efforts are minimal compared to the severe and accumulating consequences of continuing passivity in the face of Iran's hostility. Don't Give Iran Another Pass 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z What sets the film apart are the performances, especially Francella’s dead-eyed portrayal of a morally bankrupt middle manager and Lanzani’s soulful depiction of bewildered passivity, which eventually reaches an astonishing breaking point. ‘The Clan’ revisits a sordid moment from Argentina’s recent past 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z When something is organised and aligned, it represents passivity. How we made Public Enemy's Fight the Power 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z We don’t refer here to their strange passivity in failing to confront Trump directly early on, although that was certainly a tactical mistake. Editorials from around New England 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Republicans have ruefully acknowledged that they came to this dire pass in no small part because of their own passivity. Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z It is, of course, this very passivity in U.S. policy that empowers Mr. Putin to act as he chooses in Syria. Mr. Putin continues to call the shots in Syria 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “The system failed for lack of resources, incorrect interpretation of privacy laws, and passivity,” it found. Va. Tech murder plot suspect was no longer seeing mental health counselor 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z It tempts us to embrace what is advertised as unavoidable, to surrender before the fight begins; it subsumes us into passivity. How Europe is fighting to change tech companies' 'wrecking ball' ethics 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z China, which objects to a U.S.-South Korean missile deal, should be told it is a consequence of its own passivity. The U.S. and China have to resolve their impasse on North Korea 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z We are steadily losing that sense, which is a boon to those who would exploit our couchbound myopia and passivity. President Obama's Playground Grievances at the State of the Union 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z But one thing was clear: Thousands of outraged Muscovites shed their passivity, and platforms such as Facebook and Twitter facilitated widespread debate about issues that had not been publicly discussed in years. In Russia, political engagement is blossoming online 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Butler criticized Hoiberg’s passivity after the Bulls’ loss to New York on Dec. 19. Butler’s tip-in gives Bulls 102-100 OT win over Pacers 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Yet, the phenomenon still seems to shock and tropes about female passivity and domesticity hold firm. Why Women Join ISIS 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z He said the radicalisation was the result of passivity by the international community, who failed to assist Syrian democrats “as they were yelling for their freedom, and the Syrians were living in total despair”. French former hostage releases video saying strikes on Isis are a trap 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z His news conference in Turkey was marked by a stunning tone of passivity, detachment and lassitude, compounded by impatience and irritability at the very suggestion that his Syria strategy might be failing. Obama’s phony war 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z But Putin’s regime relied on the population’s passivity; few wished to protest, but even fewer wished to actively support Putin. In Russia, political engagement is blossoming online 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z American militarists, a formidable contingent whose members remain stubbornly immune to learning, reduce the alternatives facing the U.S. in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks to just two: armed escalation or abject passivity. How the U.S. Can Exit a Permanent State of War in the Middle East 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The passivity and objectification imposed by Western medicine horrified her: “If I remained in the hands of conventional medicine, I would soon be dead, rather than diseased, meat.” Living With Cancer: The Lure of Alternative Remedies 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Older surveys from Pew Research Center also show a trend toward passivity. Facebook Prods Users to Share a Bit More 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z But she dislikes the aura of passivity that goes with the term. Why young adults are waiting to grow up - BBC News 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Goff recognizes that passivity in his financial affairs can be costly. Before Student-Athletes Earn a Penny, a Course in How to Manage Millions 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z But at some point patience becomes passivity; Obama’s game is so long that it often appears he isn’t playing at all. Obama’s baffling passivity on Jason Rezaian 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z If the book’s first stretch was a study in passivity, “The Seventh Day” is all action: sex, lots of it, between an unnamed man and woman, graphically described and mixed with literary chat. South Korea’s Dark, Funny Fiction 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The term “victim” appears to some people to denote passivity, a lack of agency, the abdication of personal responsibility in putting an end to their victim status. Victimhood is a real, brutal fact, and Ben Carson's Holocaust logic denies that | Gayatri Devi 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z By seizing the moment of passivity from much more powerful players — namely the U.S. and its Western European allies — he is making Russia appear stronger than it actually is. Vladimir Putin keeps tumultuous world guessing 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z The evidence that world leaders are taking note of Obama’s passivity is mounting. Obama tries to define his legacy abroad -- while the rest of the world tests it 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z It serves to turn passivity into active agency and promotes responsibility and self-efficacy. Shrink Demand on Psychiatrists 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Such passivity predates China’s hacking into personnel files of more than 20 million federal employees. Why Obama Won’t Stay at the Waldorf 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Republicans accuse him of passivity and fecklessness, of sitting back while the conflict spread across the region. Finger-Pointing, but Few Answers, After a Syria Solution Fails 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s alarming how quickly this Liverpool side lapse into casualness, sometimes even passivity. Bordeaux v Liverpool: Europa League – as it happened 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Everton were excellent without being scintillating; it was the sluggishness and passivity of their opponents that was the most surprising feature of the game. Steven Naismith hat-trick gives Everton victory and piles pressure on Chelsea 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z If China experiences something similar — even with growth exceeding 1 percent — it’s hard to imagine its leaders reacting with Japan’s passivity. Will China crash? 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z ‘Girls’ toys’ are typically liable to lead to passivity – combing the hair of Barbie, for instance – not building, imagining or being creative with Lego or Meccano.” Toys aimed at girls 'steering women away from science careers' 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Likewise, some used Christianity and the black church to teach passivity and weakness in the face of white terrorism because some great reward supposedly awaits those who suffer on Earth. Black America owes no forgiveness: How Christianity hinders racial justice 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z It’s alarming how quickly this Liverpool side lapse into casualness, sometimes even passivity. Bordeaux v Liverpool: Europa League – as it happened 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z |
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