Many families took a deferential approach, setting out clippings of long, fibrous ti leaves, said to bring good luck.
Regardless of a colleague's seniority, he displayed the kind of calm and deferential temperament that sets him apart from some of the more easily inflamed personalities in the Democratic field, including former Representative Anthony D. Weiner and Christine C. Quinn, the Council speaker.
Sheik Nasrallah, who does not hold a government or parliamentary post, has acted deferential toward the official government, saying his organization has no intention of setting up a parallel or competing structure in the south.
In setting out our rights and entitlements, clearly and in one place, it bears witness to the fact that we are less deferential and more demanding than our forebears.
Francisco's foil is Clodoaldo, the seemingly deferential head of the security team that sets up on a street corner, changing the dynamics of life in the neighborhood.
Despite the precedent set that day in Viera, Glover has been publicly deferential about his role.
In his letter, Francis identified the need to challenge the "culture of clericalism" in the church in which priests and bishops are set apart from those in the pews in a deferential hierarchy.
In reviewing factual determinations of a trial court, a federal appellate court applies a deferential standard of review, under which the trial court's findings will be set aside only for "clear error".
"But you know George Bush: He knows how to sound deferential and then go home and pick up the plan exactly the way we set it six months ago".
First, why didn't I set forth the specific "evidence" for my conclusion that Alito has a highly deferential view of the judicial role when it comes to executive assertions of authority?
The first section of the novel is set at an unnamed Southern school, where the protagonist, a student, runs afoul of the president, Dr. Bledsoe, who is as dictatorial toward blacks as he is deferential to whites.
