There are many reasons for the relative complaisance of fans who chant "red army" as they ascend the steps to the Emirates Stadium.
"They received us with a great deal of complaisance," Washington observes, the French offering flattering pleasantries about the difficult trek Washington's party had endured over the mountains.
Such an attitude is gov erned by the spirit of Munich, the spirit of complaisance and concession, and by the cowardly, self‐deception of com fortable societies and people who have lost the will to live a life of deprive tion, sacrifice and firmness.
Nehring takes on our complaisance, our received ideas, our sloppy assumptions about our most important connections, and for that she deserves our admiration.
There is also genuine dismay that their leader's complaisance has resulted in many legitimate questions what sort of post-Saddam Iraq is envisaged, for instance going unasked.By contrast, Mr Bush has far greater room for domestic political manoeuvre.
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In breaking with the complaisance which his father, King Hussein, showed towards Hamas and its local ally, Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood movement, Abdullah is also undoubtedly acting for his own, specifically Jordanian reasons.
Moreover, his alleged complaisance over British involvement in and protection of Iraq and Transjordan, both of which the Ikhwān thought ripe for conquest, created tension with his military supporters.
One day they may come to rue their complaisance.
