1.   At best, U.N. peacekeeping forces have been passive spectators to outrages and massacres, as in Bosnia and Rwanda.

2.   But Leiter is not a passive spectator of the charity, like many public figures who write a check.

3.   Goetz seemed bemused, a passive spectator at his own trial.

4.   It expected the Arab countries to give loyal support or the very least to remain passive spectators.

5.   Without emotional connections, Bruckheimer says, the audience is a passive spectator in the film.