There was no prevaricating; no ifs, ands, or buts; no maybes.
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Robinson saw through her daughter's prevaricating, she did not let on.
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At hearings, a number of these officials proffer placating but prevaricating reassurances.
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All the old political stagecraft and prevaricating, the Rumsfeldian tautologies — we're way past that.
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But this month, the court said there could be no more prevaricating and fixed the December deadline.
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Conversely, Australia has been prevaricating for over a decade about ratifying an extradition treaty with the Chinese.
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Honestly, it's almost refreshing to see run-of-the-mill politicians prevaricating and not bragging about grabbing women's genitals.
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Trump used the Phoenix speech to clarify his stance on illegal immigration after prevaricating on the issue last week.
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The labor movement, or at least some of its leadership, is still prevaricating on the question for expediency's sake.
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A spray of drying grass is death looked in the eye — something honest and unflinching in a prevaricating world.
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We've met her in Rachel from Friends, London Tipton from The Suite Life, and Natasha Rothwell's prevaricating narcissist on Insecure.
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One piece of supposed evidence of Warren's prevaricating was that she hadn't always blamed pregnancy discrimination for her job loss.
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There was more welcome news when, after months of prevaricating, the government declared the drought in the Western and Southern Cape a national disaster.
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Saudi Arabia, which accounts for about 20% of BAE's overall sales, has bought more than 70 Typhoons, but is prevaricating over buying another 40 or so.
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Still, the contrast between each of them and the preening, prevaricating Republicans we saw in the House hearing room today could not have been more clear.
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" And then you said "Director of National Intel Jim Clapper, CIA director John Brennan may prove to be the two most prevaricating officials in the history of any modern administration.
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But this is someone who is a non-partisan consummate professional Inspector General called his credibility and basically said he&aposs prevaricating to put it very kindly, in dealing with the media.
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We want a president that gets stuff done without prevaricating or waffling or with the winds blowing and Trump is a builder, he&aposs a developer, that&aposs what they do, he gets it built.
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For one thing, the sheer volume of Trumpist prevaricating has created a perverse deadening effect; the news that the president and his minions are systematically lying to the American public is no longer exactly news.
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You believed that this artist, who constantly recreates herself in public, would in life be all too vulnerable to the jealousies of rivals, the fawning of admirers, and the passions of a hotheaded, prevaricating young man.
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Now that Donald Trump has revealed that he has no inner statesman, that the crude, abusive, prevaricating, inconsistent bully of the campaign is the new face of the U.S., it is time for Canada to grow up.
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You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking.
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"You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking," he continued.
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Too often, we turn away from these difficult moments and opportunities to inter-relate, and from there, it's a slippery slope to engaging in behaviors in secret, prevaricating when the issue comes up and even lying in order to not make our partners upset.
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At a time when all the biggest social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, are constantly prevaricating about their role in enabling the spread of racism, hate speech and harassment, it is extraordinarily brave and meaningful for these much smaller—but still influential—sites to take a stance that unequivocally calls out the link between the Trump administration and white supremacy.
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William Albert Bruce Cooper was born on 22 November 1914 in Castle Eden, County Durham, England. The son of a physician, he received his education at Henry Smith Grammar School in Hartlepool, County Durham. In 1930, the teenager obtained work on a tramp steamer by prevaricating about his age. Cooper graduated with a medical degree from Durham University in 1938.
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The second question was about jackets with "I back Zac" stickers on the back. "They cost £2,168 but you only said you paid (spent) £170". Goldsmith said the stickers cost £170 and the jackets were "off the shelf" and would be reused for other campaigns. Goldsmith clashed with presenter Jon Snow, who accused him of "prevaricating" in a confrontational live interview on Channel 4 News.
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Following the shock defeat of Myron Walwyn, Marlon Penn was appointed Leader of the Opposition. After initially prevaricating, Walwyn confirmed that he would not be quitting politics. As is customary, the opposition pledged to work with the new government. Eight days after the election, the successful District 4 candidate and former Cabinet Minister, Mark Vanterpool shocked the country by announcing he was resigning from politics and stepping down from his seat.
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In 1994 Caldicott published a revised edition of her 1978 book Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do, a book prevaricating the medical implications of nuclear power. The book was criticized by Ian Fells of Newcastle University, who wrote that "She damages her own case by providing an account that is anything but objective. As far as she is concerned the nuclear industry and its supporters are evil."Fells I. Nature, 1994, volume 370, 7 July, p.
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After one such disappointment, to avoid being imprisoned for his debts, he is forced to disguise himself to board the luxurious Twentieth Century Limited train travelling from Chicago to New York City's Grand Central Terminal. By chance, Lily Garland boards the train at a later stop with her boyfriend George Smith (Ralph Forbes). After prevaricating, Oscar sees a chance to restore his fortunes and salvage his relationship with Lily. Oscar schemes to get her to sign a contract with him.
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Dinar withdrew into the Marra Mountains south of El Fasher and sent envoys to discuss terms but the British believed he prevaricating and ended the talks on 1 August. Internal dissension reduced the force with Dinar to men; Anglo-Egyptian outposts were pushed out from El Fasher, to the west and south-west after the August rains. A skirmish took place at Dibbis on 13 October and Dinar opened negotiations but was again suspected of bad faith. Dinar fled south-west to Gyuba and a small force was sent in pursuit.
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Dinar withdrew into the Marra Mountains south of El Fasher and sent envoys to discuss terms but the British believed he was prevaricating and ended the talks on 1 August. Internal dissension reduced the force with Dinar to men; Anglo-Egyptian outposts were pushed out from El Fasher to the west and southwest after the August rains. A skirmish took place at Dibbis on 13 October and Dinar opened negotiations but was again suspected of bad faith. Dinar fled southwest to Gyuba and a small force was sent in pursuit.
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As a judge he showed himself to be an able lawyer with a wide knowledge of human nature, encouraging timid witnesses, and dealing firmly with those of a prevaricating or shifty character. His outlook at times may have seemed severe, but this came from his determination to carry out the law, and he was always diligent and painstaking. He was much esteemed by the legal profession. He was lieutenant-governor of South Australia for practically the whole period of his chief justiceship, on many occasions administered the government, and his experience was always available to incoming governors.
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It was the command of Major General Botho Henning Elster.Also referred to as Erich Elster Macpherson was informed by another Jedburgh leader Captain Arthur Cox that the Major General wanted to negotiate surrender. A meeting had already been held with the Americans, conducted by Lieutenant Samuel Magill, but it was felt that Germans were prevaricating, so another meeting was set up in a village in Allied hands. Unarmed and accompanied by a German doctor and a French officer, Macpherson was driven in a captured German Red Cross vehicle through miles of enemy-held territory, through machine gun fire, to the village's school house.
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Buckingham's confidence in how reasonable the Yorkists would be was misplaced. The Yorkists realised what Buckingham—"prevaricating with courtesy", says Armstrong—was trying to do and battle commenced while negotiations were still taking place: Richard, Earl of Warwick, launched a surprise attack at around ten o'clock in the morning. Buckingham commanded the King's army of 2,500 men, although his coordination of the town's defence was problematic, giving the initiative to the Yorkists. Although the defences that Buckingham had organised successfully checked the Yorkists' initial advance, Warwick took his force through gardens and houses to attack the Lancastrians in the rear.
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Loring refused, and so on 20 November the French general instead concluded a peace treaty with Dessalines, the terms of which insisted that the French garrison and population had to evacuate the port within ten days.Brenton, p. 292 Loring was informed of the terms of the agreement and although Rochambeau was ready to depart on 25 November, his ships crammed with thousands of refugees, the British squadron blocked all of the escape routes. On 30 November, as Haitian soldiers took possession of the vacated batteries and forts that protected the harbour, Rochambeau was still prevaricating, his ships lying at anchor directly under the guns of the forts.
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Clintonism refers to the political and economic policies of Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as the era of his presidency in the United States. The Democratic Leadership Council, a pro-Democratic Party establishment, argues that Clintonism "stands for economic growth and opportunity; for fiscal responsibility; for work, not welfare; for preventing crime and punishing criminals; and for non-bureaucratic, empowering government" and further says that "these policies are key to the successes in the beginning of the 21st century.""Clintonism Lives", Blueprint, January 18, 2002. On the other hand, some critics of Clinton associate Clintonism with "coddling big money (except guns and tobacco), financial scandals, winning at any cost, flip-flopping and prevaricating".
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