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And she moved with an authority that I had rarely seen in other Colored women, who were usually required to fill subservient roles.

"Like Musharraf, he has a subservient prime minister and the authority to reshape the army's structure," he said.

When Harris acted the way that vice presidents normally do — subservient, self-effacing, careful never to poach the spotlight from the chief executive — it was seen as a failing.

And, while before they were totally in control, the managers or head coaches of today are often subservient to the people running these departments, and their decisions.

Marks resigned from the FDA in March, saying Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, “wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”