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The "cowering," "brain dead" party must revive itself by opposing partial-birth abortions, fighting affirmative action, blocking Clinton's appointment of liberal judges, and getting tough on China.
Times newsroom on Wednesday, and I like to imagine Willes cowering in his office seriously stroking his greased mustaches à la Snidely Whiplash.
Inside, on a raised platform, the “Son of Heaven” sat on his Dragon Throne surrounded by symbols of longevity and power and cowering acolytes, all covered in a fog of incense.
And I'm still waiting to find out what's so brave about poor Neville Longbottom, who keeps losing his pet toad, getting scolded by his grandmother, and cowering in corridors.
I would like to say, flat-out, that it is not my fear of being looked down upon by the cultured folk of the 21 st century that drives me, cowering, to say that the Ofili painting doesn't to me look like an attack on religion, vicious or otherwise.