“Happy in Goa, the Portuguese took their time leaving, lingering here in colonial lassitude until 1961.”

“It isn't like they've worked out how to levitate the television remote control across the room to allow for utter and total lassitude.”

“They're conducive, instead, to lassitude, resentment, and political irresponsibility.”

“He even took pleasure in annoying the French and often ridiculed his own countryman through John Bull's lassitudes.”