David was depicted as a docile house-husband, happy to look after Brooklyn and do the housework.

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The powertrain delivers smooth and stunningly quick acceleration on demand, yet remains docile around town so as not to overpower a driver.

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As the Blackhawk helicopter lifts off from Lafayette, the landscape below is docile, even suburban.

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And as Diethelm Metzger will tell you, out here, behind that next tree may be a docile little steenbuck...or a very big leopard.

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