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• Employees and PACs run by two American firms listed as registered agents for the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia have funneled tens of thousands of petrodollars to Connolly and the DCCC - which paid for the ads that falsely accuse Fimian of wanting to force women to be more "submissive," ignoring their own benefactor's appalling record of doing exactly that. —  Citizen Tom
• On a nearby wall is a magnificent mural of pain and accusation, painted by a master of the streets: the martyr sits beneath his cross; the people hold out their hands, submissive, all with bloody stigmata; the cruel, suited rich cover their ears and eyes, a cardinal cowers and a soldier sheds a giant tear. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
• While appearing to toe the line and be submissive, the people have always kept a clenched fist in their pockets. —  open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
• I feel this story was sort of like a brilliantly imagined thought experiment: How do you establish a relationship when the submissive is the experienced BDSM partner and the dominant has never even though he might be interested in BDSM play? —  Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary
• They are very submissive, that is, they never protest 5. —  The Trade Union Woman

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