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His death—of natural causes—brought to an end a 36-year period in which a prone and pliant Spain submitted to his authoritarian rule.

It’s pliant but still has a little chew, and it behaves beautifully whether you cook it on the stove or leave it to swell overnight in milk.

Surely a pliant Congress couldn’t simply hand over core powers—like the power to declare war—to the executive, he said.

In the face of a passive Republican Congress and a pliant Supreme Court, such a turn of events could prove disastrous.

His pliant nature makes him a bullying magnet, including by Rain’s friends.