But through British patronage it grew, creating for the colonialists a pliable tribal elite.

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Aladeen insists on subservience from everyone, including his uncle Tamir (Ben Kingsley), who has Aladeen kidnapped and replaces him with a pliable double (also played by Baron Cohen).

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For a second, his expression was soft and pliable, like that of a child waking from a nap, but then his mind took over and something calcified in his features, his muscles hardening against the invasion of thought.

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But the fact remains that Saddam Hussein could not have asked for a more pliable character than Hans Blix.

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The card's a bit pliable, with rubberized edges -- one gets the feeling you might be able to snap it in half, if you really had your heart set on it, but as it stands, it should hold up to more than a few aggressive sitdowns on your billfold.

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Juno Temple, doll-frail, allows Dottie to teeter between the ingenuous and the knowing, while Church shows us a big man rendered pliable and powerless.

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Buy a bag that fits these dimensions and is not too heavy (a softer bag will be lighter and more pliable).

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And besides, where else is Mr Bush going to find a chief law enforcement officer who is going to be equally pliable?

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