If the policy end of this is, most charitably, complicated, then the political end seems downright impenetrable.
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For most uses of blockchain at the moment, "decentralization" may be most charitably understood as a collaboration between mistrusting corporate partners.
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"The pitch he threw that day could most charitably be described as a parabola," said David Axelrod, the former White House senior adviser.
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The abrupt nature of the announcement can surely be second-guessed — if only by fueling skepticism about its origins — and can perhaps most charitably be viewed as ripping off a bandage.
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Cook has previously called out the President on his immigration ban and his decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, but his statements would most charitably be described as middling.
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David Bowie may have turned in impressive performances in Labyrinth and The Man Who Fell To Earth, but his first ever movie role was starring in The Image, a 13-minute short film that's most charitably described as enjoyably bad.
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And, more recently, after its stentorian "Against Trump" issue before the 2016 primaries, the magazine adopted what can most charitably be called an agnostic stance before the once-despicable specter of Trumpism ascendant, taking care to balance critiques of Trump with broadsides aimed at his critics.
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Loathe as I am to give any attention to a transparent attempt to bait the press into writing about heinous shit, well, Tyga emerged yesterday with an album cover that could most charitably be called "confrontational," but might better be described as "disrespectful to the Japanese flag," and "straight-up furry porn," as some astute commentators have noted in the hours since its release.
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Thus far in office, Mr. Trump has acted against the national interest by maintaining his financial interests in his company and using the presidential podium to promote it; obstructed legitimate investigations into his conduct by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and Congress; attacked the free press; given encouragement to white nationalists; established a de facto religious test for immigrants; undermined foreign alliances and emboldened American rivals; demanded personal loyalty from subordinates sworn to do their duty to the Constitution; and sent his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, around the world to conduct what could most charitably be described as shadow foreign policy with Mr. Trump's personal benefit as its lodestar.
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His prayer was granted, and for more than twenty years he was harassed by evil spirits, experiencing hallucinations, seizures and temporary paralysis, and slowly losing his power of speech.Sluhovsky, op. cit. He became plunged in suicidal despair over his eternal damnation. At times he was unable to use his hands, his feet, his eyes, his tongue, or was impelled to commit a thousand extravagances, which even the most charitably inclined deemed foolish.
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Charles bequeathed a meagre legacy: he left France in debt and in disarray as a result of an ambition most charitably characterized as unrealistic, and having lost several important provinces that it would take centuries to recover. On a more positive side, his expedition did broaden contacts between French and Italian humanists, energizing French art and letters in the latter Renaissance. Charles proved to be the last of the elder branch of the House of Valois, and upon his death at Amboise the throne passed to a cousin, the Duc d'Orléans, who reigned as King Louis XII of France, who would try to make good his clearer claim to the Duchy of Milan. However, for Italy the consequences were catastrophic.
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