| 单词 | equivocation |
| 例句 | He thought how ten minutes ago—yes, only ten minutes— there had still been equivocation in his heart as he wondered whether the news from the front would be of victory or defeat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I pull in resolution, and begin to doubt the equivocation of the fiend...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The political process is infused with showmanship—both in terms of making much of politicians’ successes and in terms of covering up, with spin or equivocation, the unpopular failures. Our new late-night wars: How Hillary, Bernie and the Donald are battling it out for bedtime TV dominance — and who’s winning so far 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Others, less prone to equivocation, couldn’t ignore that her new fresh face seemed to belong to someone else entirely. Is it “sexist” to talk about Renee Zellweger’s face? 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z I’m not going to make the equivocations that these other people are making: ‘Well, it’s Republican, it’s judges, it’s policies.’ 'The guy stinks and he’s a racist': Anthony Scaramucci on Donald Trump 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z And after much equivocation over the bar with the android – he knows it’s not a very nice thing to wake her, but – Jim rouses Aurora to join him for the next 89 years. Look who's stalking: the new breed of creepy male film leads 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z That’s when I realized the flaw of matching people solely on temperament: Not only were their passions aligned, but so were their equivocations. Date Lab: Can a U2 fan fall for a Justin Timberlake buff? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Should the bill one day materialize, the composition of Tubman and Jackson, two faces of the same vexed coin, would serve as an apt emblem of Americans’ habit of historical equivocation. The Haunted Image of Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z His dialogue is fueled by vacillation, equivocation and contradiction, with sentences that seem to eat their own words. Review: Chris Evans and Michael Cera Tell Lies to Live by in ‘Lobby Hero’ 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z It is an equivocation about the status of the cockney that persists to this day. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z Not unless you acknowledged to me without equivocation 1. that you put your own vindication above their mental health, and 2. that you’d never do that again. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: In the dog house after talking bluntly about mommy’s new residence 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The media “gave Trump a free pass in 2015”, he frets, and Trump’s ongoing bigotry is still treated with “both sides” equivocation. Mehdi Hasan: 'Most people ask the question and move on. I don't' 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z His equivocation provided the president room to declare that Mueller found “no collusion and no obstruction.” Why the Mueller Investigation Failed 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Performance was shelved for two years by twitchy distributors; the same equivocation sealed the commercial failure of Bad Timing and Eureka. Nicolas Roeg: 'I don't want to be ahead of my time' 2011-03-10T22:25:00Z He smiles tightly and after a bit of equivocation will only say, "We all know what the answer is." "A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting" is a warning, and a message of resilience 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Hindsight makes the injustice painfully clear, but at the time, few white writers or political figures were willing to defend the teenagers without equivocation or apology. Joan Didion exposed political stories America is still telling itself in order to live 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Out it all pours: the vainglory, the moral equivocation and especially the furious envy of “Albert bloody Pierrepoint,” the “Number One hangman all them years,” with hundreds more executions to his credit. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Whoever decided, without equivocation, to point out that markets don't create wealth deserves more than a little credit. General election 2010: Labour's strange field trip 2010-04-12T16:50:00Z “If other opera companies can find some equivocation or rationalization,” he added, “that’s their problem.” The Netrebko Question 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Rather, the power is in having the obscenity of it placed right in our living rooms, without equivocation. “Who Is America?” and “Big Brother” separately and together illuminate our racial divide 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Like most of the directors at Cannes, Baker believes fully, without equivocation, in the feature film and the big screen. A Cannes (sans kisses) to reawaken our romance with movies 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Its equivocations serve to illuminate the duality of the American political mind — a duality that doesn’t appear to have changed all that much in the last century and a half. Mark Twain invented Mitt 2012-07-06T14:20:00Z This is a classic Ivanka equivocation — denouncing evil in the abstract yet continuing to maintain the illusion that she is helpless to fight it — but she’s hardly alone. White people calling for “unity”: Your good intentions aren’t enough 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Wolff’s medical ethics are gibberish to a person of faith, as a politician’s equivocation is nonsense to her. Review: In ‘The Doctor,’ a Rare Case of Physician, Harm Thyself 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Or, “Your equivocation — ‘I’m just not sure,’ I ‘don’t think I like,’ ‘I struggle to not see that as . . . really stupid’ — leaves you particularly vulnerable to someone stubborn, opinionated and/or narcissistic.” Carolyn Hax: Rethinking marriage to an uncompromising partner In this intimate, blazingly candid memoir, we see her repulsed by Jefferson, horrified by her position and outraged at his endless equivocations and deferrals. ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Historians debate the meaning of such findings, but Olnek’s film is free of equivocation. ‘Wild Nights With Emily’ Review: Emily Dickinson as Romantic Comedy Heroine 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z No equivocation here, no "ish," and please don't pretend that you don't know what the A and the F stand for. Netflix's "#blackAF" is Kenya Barris' wealthier, shallower, and meaner "Black-ish" 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z A Top 10 list is supposed to represent rigorous personal debate, presented without apology or equivocation. One More for the Road: Mary Pols? Top 10 Films of 2011 2011-12-30T14:20:36Z District Judge James Zagel -- who did not order background checks on potential jurors before the high-profile trial -- is holding a hearing today to determine if Chiles' equivocations denied Cellini a fair trial. Cellini juror with criminal record explains why she didn't disclose it 2012-01-06T17:24:00Z Will Clinton get away with lawyerly equivocation when pressed on controversies she believes are the result of right-wing conspiracies? Trump versus Clinton: Theater critic's advice for how two characters can connect with the debate audience 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z An almost palpable aura of fatalism hangs over Costi and, especially, the sullen, volatile Adrian, whose promises and equivocations are like bounced verbal checks. Review: In ‘The Treasure,’ Digging for Something of Value in Romania 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “We can all step up and say simply and without equivocation, ‘A lie, is a lie, is a lie!’ Trump’s ‘war’ with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “Yes, but,” I say, for all its forceful and stylish prose, for Oyler’s signature denunciation of moral equivocation and imprecision in thought and language. Lauren Oyler’s ‘Fake Accounts’ Captures the Relentlessness of Online Life 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z And that equivocation itself contained a lesson about how the genre will probably survive in the 21st century. Love is all around, and rom-coms are, too 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Despite Wilde’s grandstanding and equivocation, there was no gainsaying the testimony of various rent-boys detailing carnal concurrence. Review | How Oscar Wilde evolved from poet and playwright to symbol of martyrdom and individualism 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Only Ferrara, that raucous director, could have made it – being so entirely unencumbered by the kind of middlebrow good taste that might have led another kind of film-maker into revisionism and equivocation. Welcome to New York review – Abel Ferrara is unencumbered by good taste 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z So much waffling, according to critics who want less equivocation, less moonlight and stronger moral stances. Nearly a Century Later, We’re Still Reading — and Changing Our Minds About — Gatsby 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z You made it so and you clearly want it to remain so; I see zero equivocation on that. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She’s kinda married to her name 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z They said what they meant with no equivocations: Americans should eat less meat. Forget government guidelines. Here’s how to eat better, in 6 easy steps. 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z It is an echo of Hemingway’s more eager and brash equivocations in the drafts, a claim that there was an unseen depth to his plainspoken prose. Hemingway's Hidden Metafictions in "The Sun Also Rises" 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z His interview with the Boston Herald is a lyrical word salad of equivocation that’s impressive in it’s own way. Katy Griffin’s bloody Trump head photo is red meat for the manic right 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z On Rhodesia, too, both the media and British government's equivocation and connivance with South Africa's support for the white regime found no more scathing critic than Davidson. Basil Davidson obituary 2010-07-09T16:52:00Z What one finds, as a consequence, in Hadley's fiction is a deceptively readable surface under which lie all sorts of equivocations and uncertainties. Tessa Hadley: A life in writing 2011-02-28T00:04:00Z In chasing his quarry to the final chapter, the biographer sometimes risks losing the scent, falling back on conjecture and equivocation. A Mysterious Something in the Light: Raymond Chandler, A Life by Tom Williams – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z But that equivocation is also part of what makes the film, within its modest scope, affecting and interesting. Review: In ‘Animals,’ a Couple in Love With Heroin 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Usually there is equivocation during racial incidents; on the one hand this, on the other hand that. Lonnae O’Neal: Dear President Boren, thank you for your outrage and action 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z If those equivocations are frustrating to read in a book review, the experience of reading “4 3 2 1” is often worse. For a doorstopper, Paul Auster's '4 3 2 1' is surprisingly light 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z In Guy Ableman, the would-be scurrilous hero of my latest novel Zoo Time, I give mocking voice to such equivocations. Howard Jacobson: In praise of bad boys' books 2012-10-05T21:55:17Z And the inevitable sentimental journey into lesson-learning gets lost in swamps of well-meaning equivocation. ‘Little’ Review: Too Much Caution and Not Enough Regina Hall 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But Mr. Wiencek defends his interpretation of the document, doubling down on what he sees as a “core truth” behind Jefferson’s lifelong equivocations about the evils of slavery. Henry Wiencek’s ‘Master of the Mountain’ Irks Historians 2012-11-26T22:31:39Z Frost took an almost Joycean delight in confounding his readers, and so “Mending Wall” ends on the conviction about good fences making good neighbors, making the entire poem a gorgeous act of equivocation. Donald Trump should read Robert Frost's poem 'Mending Wall' 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z She said her attempts were met with “equivocation, disregard, and a lack of interest.” Fired British Cabinet member and immigration hard-liner Braverman rips PM Sunak in scathing letter 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z This was often met with equivocation, disregard and a lack of interest. Suella Braverman's letter to Rishi Sunak in full 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “We cannot allow any equivocation on this point.” UN Security Council fails again to address Israel-Hamas war, rejecting US and Russian resolutions 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Biden said it’s difficult to “stand by and stand silent when this happens,” adding that “we must without equivocation denounce” antisemitism and Islamophobia. Live: Live updates | Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes 2 weeks into the war against Hamas 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Biden said it’s difficult to “stand by and stand silent when this happens,” adding that “we must without equivocation denounce” antisemitism and Islamophobia. Live updates | Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes 2 weeks into the war against Hamas 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Overall, these respective chapters describe recent climate change’s mechanism, impact and human origins without equivocation. Climate Misinformation Persists in New Middle School Textbooks 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "There can be no equivocation about that condemnation, and the Scottish government is strong in its condemnation, " he said. Hamas Israel attacks: Humza Yousaf's in-laws trapped in Gaza 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z But equivocation in a country that doesn’t care a whit if Shakespeare is still on the syllabus can easily pass unnoticed. Commentary: GOP debate made it clear that cutting humanities from universities is a danger to humankind 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The directness of the language allows Pyle and the writers to nakedly address issues that in an ordinary comedy — not to say, ordinary conversation — would be cloaked in ambiguity and equivocation. Review: 'Strange Planet' is a sweet, cheerful examination of humanity through an alien lens 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z There was far less equivocation in Iran, which is tied to Russia by oil, weapons sales and a kindred sense of global isolation. After Mutiny Against Putin, Russia’s Friends Have Reason to Hedge Bets 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The findings demonstrate that “U.S. equivocation on rights is a palpable threat to our own citizens, corporations and national interest,” U.S. trial lawyer Jim Walden wrote in the introduction to the report. U.S. allies in Middle East target dissidents on American soil, report says 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The highly politicized nature of national security debates tends to polarize opinions and leave little room for nuance and equivocation, which could be perceived as appeasement, he added. Submarine Deal With U.S. and U.K. Sparks Debate in Australia 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z I recently found a place, however, where the far right and the extreme left could come together without equivocation. Tucker Carlson, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News: A network of treason, sedition and lies 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z But much of this equivocation reflects domestic politics: Many Republicans would rather see President Joe Biden lose in Ukraine than Vladimir Putin. History forecasts an inevitable major war 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z There were no mincing words and no equivocation over Ethics Committee hearings. Kevin McCarthy "stands by" George Santos: Now the MAGA caucus owns his lies 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z His equivocation poisoned the Sheriff’s Department with basically every arm of L.A. Column: How will L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna solve his department's many problems? 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Abrams pointed out that equivocation, saying, “Let’s be clear, he did not say he wouldn’t.” Kemp, Abrams argue abortion, voting in final Georgia governor debate 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z “None of the relevant evidence was cited, and it’s clear why: There’s equivocation that implies an equal likelihood of natural and lab origin that is utterly inconsistent with our current scientific understanding,” Rasmussen said. ‘Untrustworthy and ineffective’: Panel blasts governments’ covid response 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Manchin’s equivocations on Biden and his own party came as he appeared on all five major Sunday political shows to promote his role in the success of one of the president’s initiatives. Manchin won’t say if he would support Biden in 2024 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Mallory said she was upset that Sesame Place’s initial statement was not an apology without equivocation, characterizing the statement as gaslighting that caused more harm. Family accusing Sesame Place of racism demands 'authentic' apology, firing of worker 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z And I fully take her point that equivocation isn’t always called for. Opinion | I Think It’s Fine to Say ‘I Feel Like.’ I Reckon Others Do, Too. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z “It is filled with equivocation and in no way indicates the strong interest you conveyed in person.” Elon Musk privately raged at Saudi officials over his failed plan to take Tesla private 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters,” McCarthy said, bluntly and without equivocation, days after the riot. Column: Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and the rot at the heart of Trump's Republican Party 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z "It seemed to me that that wasn't really an apology. That was more, shall we say, an equivocation at its best. And I don't accept that that was an apology." Lord Young: Peer accused of sleeping during debate demands apology 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Mayor Muriel Bowser said, “We want D.C. to be the face of spring for the nation. Let me say, without equivocation, that D.C. is open!” Cherry Blossom Festival marks DC’s pandemic comeback 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z More than any other factor, perhaps, Germany’s sudden reversal from equivocation to robust involvement in Western deterrence signaled the united front that Putin would face if he invaded. How the West marshaled a stunning show of unity against Russia 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z “One thing I know about our destination,” Bowser said, “is that people will be flocking back to it. So let me say without equivocation, that D.C. is open.” National Cherry Blossom Festival to return with in-person events March 20 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z In coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. mainstream media have correctly, repeatedly and without equivocation invoked international law and declared it illegal, as they did when Russia invaded Crimea in 2014. Mainstream media opposes military aggression — unless the U.S. is doing it 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Germany’s equivocation helps explains why the R.A.F. planes carrying the antitank weapons to Ukraine flew a circuitous route across Denmark, avoiding German airspace. Britain Pursues More Muscular Role in Standoff With Russia on Ukraine 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z “Without equivocation, I am innocent on the charges levied against me,” Mosby told churchgoers. Perspective | Tapping retirement funds to invest in real estate is a terrible idea. For Baltimore’s top lawyer, it led to federal charges. 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The shift from outrage to equivocation or denial has characterized the Republican Party’s response to Jan. 6. The battle for the Capitol ended. The war for democracy continues 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Too many stories of sexual violence begin with this sad sort of equivocation. Opinion | California calls condom ‘stealthing’ what it is: A violation 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Corbyn remains suspended from Labour’s parliamentary group because of his equivocation over the problem. U.K. Labour Leader Makes a Firm Push to the Political Center 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z “We can say without equivocation that justice failed today.” No indictments for 4 Texas officers who shot man in crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “I’ve just said it all along. It wasn’t anything new,” he told The Washington Post, offering a master class in equivocation. Al Franken has a new comedy tour. His targets? Former Senate colleagues. 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z A definite voice, a voice that had no doubt or equivocation in its tone. L.A. Affairs: He cooked! For me! No guy had ever done that before 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z With Kabul’s fall, the time for neglect or equivocation is over. Opinion | The time for equivocating about a nuclear-armed, Taliban-friendly Pakistan is over 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Hall paints a full portrait of a selfish singer through his series of excuses and equivocations; he’s hung by his own words. Appreciation: From wry and worldly to warm and welcoming, Tom T. Hall was a songwriter's songwriter 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z The motion states that the "Assembly notes with concern the violence on our streets over recent days and condemns without equivocation those involved" and calls for an "immediate and complete end" to the violence. Police attacked during fresh night of NI violence 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The withholding of that violence doesn’t feel like equivocation; it feels like an attempt to move beyond the bludgeoning conventions of cinematic realism, to acknowledge the unspeakable without relying on a spectacle of blood. Review: 'Quo Vadis, Aida?,' Bosnia and Herzegovina's Oscar entry, grippingly recounts a 1995 tragedy 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Feigned ignorance is the purest form of equivocation. Opinion | Kevin McCarthy is now our most disgraceful political leader 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Although he is grudgingly going through the motions of transferring power, Trump behind the scenes has exhibited far more equivocation. Trump’s final day: A diminished and aggrieved president stays out of public view before exit 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z “There is a real danger of this false equivocation leading to ramifications, whether intended or unintended,” he said. Comparison between Capitol siege, BLM protests is denounced 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Centrist equivocation will only alienate Americans from each other, while emboldening the forces of right-wing extremism, ignorance and hatred. Lost in the middle: Will the arrogant certainty of "centrism" destroy America? 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Trump’s repeated downplaying of the virus, coupled with his equivocations about masks, created an opening for reckless behavior that contributed to a significant increase in infections and deaths, experts said. The inside story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z It was unclear if the equivocation of Egyptians stemmed from concerns over security. Life has got worse since Arab spring, say people across Middle East 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z If you don’t believe me, ask your pollster for his “disposition of sample” report and get ready for some cagey equivocation. Opinion | The dirty little secret pollsters need to own up to 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z They demonstrate, in a country touched by flux and equivocation and the endless mutability of opinion, that there have always been warriors who embrace principle as a fixed star, not a fashion statement. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z At the presidential debate last month, Mr. Trump was asked to condemn white supremacists without equivocation. Opinion | The Radicalizer in Chief 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Harris also tackled Barrett’s views on abortion, making a carefully laid-out case that despite Barrett’s equivocation and insistence that she is unbiased on the issue of reproductive rights, she is far from it. Amy Coney Barrett Senate hearing continues as Trump calls for stimulus deal – US politics live 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “Trump isn’t one for equivocation or understatement,” noted Politico’s Playbook, the widely read Beltway tipsheet. The Untraveled High Road of Humility, and a President Laid Low 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z My favorite blame-name was Trump's equivocations on paying less income tax than a teacher because Biden and Barack Obama and predecessors created the tax laws that he used. That was no debate. It was a brawl 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z Bonner, who two weeks ago decided against playing this season, is in the small minority of players who have without equivocation said they will not play in 2020. College football players fear stigma of sitting out could outlast pandemic 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z "I'm a little alarmed by your equivocation," Menendez said of Dayton's responses. Trump's pick for Ukraine ambassador vows to report election interference: 'Sounds reasonable to me' 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s that hard a question or one that should lead to any equivocation by somebody who’s fourth in line of succession to be president of the United States,” he said. Pompeo punts Trump’s suggestion to delay election to Justice Department 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “To conflate acts of vandalism against property with acts of terrorist violence against human beings is a moral and legal equivocation without compare,” its petition on Change.org said. Oklahoma DA slaps teens with terrorism charges, accuses BLM of intimidating officers, protecting criminals 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Be bold and take a stand: equivocation fuels inequity. To be Black is to suffer perpetual wounds. Here's how you can make a difference 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Yet, even now, the website of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is a model of equivocation, filled with unctuous twaddle about ancestral bravery in war and not being judgmental now. Commentary: Confederate monuments institutionalize racism. Take them all down. Now 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z On Friday, however, he offered no equivocation and did not warn against violence, except to implicitly chide Mr. Trump for his warning that looters could be shot. ‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Biden Challenges White Americans 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The president’s equivocations have produced an uncoordinated jumble of policy subverted by foot-dragging governors who treat the coronavirus less as a national emergency and more as a political annoyance. Opinion | Foot-dragging GOP governors are imperiling the whole country 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z So, the interpretation of quantum mechanics remains a topic of speculation, controversy, equivocation, or indifference. Why physicists still don’t know what reality is 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Danton most of all is made real, a man of fear and hope, desire and equivocation. My favourite Mantel: by Margaret Atwood, Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright and more 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z What’s driven Sanders’s equivocations toward some of these regimes is his virulent opposition to U.S. foreign military interventions, as well as other operations aimed at regime change. Opinion | The Sanders foreign policy you don’t know about 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z He listened closely as Sanders questioned sheriff’s deputies and prosecutors; the answers sounded to Wilson more like nervous equivocation and blame-shifting than the confident statements of the past. Mass murder divided them. The pursuit of justice brought them together 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z How should newspaper editors and political leaders label a presidency that inspired white supremacists such as David Duke to celebrate Trump’s moral equivocation after Charlottesville? Opinion | Trump’s threat to democracy 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Bannon left the administration in 2017 after playing a key role in the US president’s equivocation over a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which was widely condemned, but remains influential. Steve Bannon: 'We’ve turned the Republicans into a working-class party' 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Their equivocations were the latest example of how Republicans have contorted themselves to embrace Mr. Trump’s narrative on the Ukraine matter. G.O.P. Senators, Defending Trump, Embrace Debunked Ukraine Theory 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z But she tiptoed around specific aspects of her record, which undermined the truth-talk, as did equivocations on Medicare-for-all and other policies. Harris faces uphill climb amid questions about who she is 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z It was a statement of centrist equivocation – between oppressed and oppressor – that could have been uttered by Nancy Pelosi. Surprised Ayanna Pressley 'broke' with the squad to endorse Warren? Don't be | Bhaskar Sunkara 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z There’s less room for equivocation about what happened today than there was before. New testimony undercuts Trump’s claim of no quid pro quo on Ukraine. How will Washington respond? 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The excuses — he’s a good guy, look at all the good he’s done — are moral equivocation. Opinion | Archbishop William Lori’s catastrophic failure 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Eradication has afforded these parents the luxury of equivocation. The Message of Measles 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z His past equivocations over Europe are not the reason, or at least not the only reason. Remainers will do anything to stop Brexit, except install Corbyn as PM. Why? | Rafael Behr 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The first step to overcoming this dangerous strain of violence is to speak clearly and without equivocation. Opinion | We worked to defeat the Islamic State. White nationalist terrorism is an equal threat. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Frustrated by the equivocations of the State Department, the president sought a quick resolution to the crisis through more direct channels. RFK's Secret Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Her tough-on-crime history as a prosecutor and her equivocation on certain issues, including busing and Medicare-for-all, made her a convenient target. Analysis | Winners and losers from Night 2 of the second Democratic debate 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Ms Sturgeon added: "It is a deeply irresponsible threat, and not one that should be contemplated by any serious political leader. It should now be taken off the table without delay or equivocation." Sturgeon has 'profound concerns' about Johnson 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The politician couldn’t resist one last equivocation, followed by one more insight into his reasons for fighting on. Pacquiao has plenty to say while he prepares for Thurman 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The least we can do is remember their ordeals and speak them without equivocation. America’s toxic ‘both-sideism’ 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z They say the time for equivocation and hesitation is over. Labour must move on Brexit, McDonnell warns 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z But the president’s equivocations over how he would handle such a scenario were echoed by his campaign, whose spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said would assess the matter on a “case-by-case basis.” ‘There’s no accountability’: Trump, White House aides signal a willingness to act with impunity in drive for reelection 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z I might only be hoping to remember that my ecstatic disposition is the source of the good in me—spontaneity, devotion, sweetness—and the worst things, too: heedlessness, blankness, equivocation. Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Countering him is Jose A. Rodriguez, former director of the National Clandestine Service of the CIA, who states without equivocation that the practice resulted in intelligence that saved lives. The new Spy Museum is bigger, bolder and more beautiful. Here are the 10 things you shouldn’t miss. 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Their equivocation on the Adani project led the Australian Conservation Foundation to give Labor a score of 56% on its environmental policies ahead of the election. Climate change takes centre stage in Australia's election 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z They also point to what they saw as his tortured, calculating equivocation before the EU referendum, voting to Remain "with a heavy heart and no enthusiasm" as he put it. The beauty contest to be next Tory leader 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Only two months ago several Labour members of Parliament, angered by Mr. Corbyn’s equivocation over Brexit and his response to concerns about anti-Semitism, broke off to start their own group. After Years of Ambiguity About Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn Faces a Decision 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Trump’s equivocation for more than seven months before doing so was interpreted as evidence of his trepidation over the political consequences. Once in the shadows, ‘dreamers’ now assuming central role in immigration debate — and 2020 election 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Recently Mayor Bill de Blasio went to Iowa, not for the first time, presumably to vision-board a bid for the presidency despite his public equivocations. Bill de Blasio, the Progressive Who Was Left Behind 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Criticizing Northam for “past racist behavior” and his present equivocation after more than two years of overlooking an astonishing record of divisiveness reflects little more than a self-serving, morally repellent double standard,” the commentary argues. The pot calls the kettle black 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The shrewd seller, after all, succeeds by equivocation, with smooth talk and a knack for duplicity -- predatory purpose masked by easygoing amiability. How Progressive Era radical Thorstein Veblen helps explain Donald Trump 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The announcement was touted as evidence that the administration was taking a tough stance against Moscow despite Mr. Trump’s equivocation on Russian interference and his warm words for Mr. Putin. Republicans Break Ranks Over Move to Lift Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Firms 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Trump’s visit to Iraq last month — his first wartime trip as president — was also a factor in his apparent equivocation, current and former officials said. ‘They screwed this whole thing up’: Inside the attempt to derail Trump’s erratic Syria withdrawal 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z We hear about moral clarity any time there is impatience with equivocation, delay, conciliation and confusion — whenever people long for rapid action based on truths they hold to be self-evident. What Could Be Wrong With a Little ‘Moral Clarity’? 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z President Donald Trump is insisting he wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite public equivocations by three of his advisers. The Latest: Trump says concrete wall was never abandoned 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, some senators received a CIA briefing they had demanded because they did not trust Trump’s equivocations about whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ‘Chaos breeds chaos’: Trump’s erratic and false claims roil the globe. Again. 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z But there was no equivocation about what happened on Tuesday. Nationals’ Signing of Patrick Corbin Proves Yankees Can Be Outbid 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z A frozen flash of yellow proving beyond equivocation that his hidden treasure had been applied to the ball. Caught on tape: the story behind Australian cricket's greatest fall | Geoff Lemon 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z In a 30-minute interview, she was eager to present herself — after some equivocation earlier in the campaign — as a steadfast critic of Mr. Trump. Dianne Feinstein, Out of Touch? Not Liberal Enough? She Begs to Differ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Trump allies acknowledged that the White House’s equivocations would probably result in growing calls from Congress for a more credible accounting of events from Saudi Arabia, but they doubted it would damage the president politically. Privately, White House doubts the Saudis 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Because of Donald Trump and his weeks of equivocations, it will be remembered as an embarrassing stain on America’s record, too. “Trump Never Handles Anything Right”: The President Is Acting Like Saudi Arabia’s Lawyer in the Khashoggi Affair 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Senate race in Tennessee, said Friday that he would support Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court, after weeks of demurring and being attacked by Republicans over his equivocation. Democratic Senate candidate in Tennessee Phil Bredesen says he would support Kavanaugh’s confirmation 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z In Bredesen’s equivocation over Kavanaugh, Republicans see an opening to drive up support for Blackburn, who has said firmly that she would vote to confirm the federal judge. In deep-red Tennessee, Republicans are anxious about the U.S. Senate race 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “There needs to be no equivocation as to how this gets buttoned up. None,” Ridley-Thomas said. L.A. County officials move to stop audio recordings in courthouse lockups 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z When Sanders addressed those remarks, she echoed his equivocation: “The President’s been very outspoken in his condemnation of racism and bigotry and hate of all forms.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s Battering Ram 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z While considering the Allied “silence on India,” Willkie tells his American and British readers, with no equivocation, that “freedom means the orderly but scheduled abolition of the colonial system.” Can the G.O.P. Ever Reclaim Wendell Willkie’s Legacy? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z But where Judge Kavanaugh responded to questions about Roe with equivocation, he embraced the Nixon case. Brett Kavanaugh’s Expert Evasions, Learned From Past Masters 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z He acidly rebuked Trump for his public equivocation about white supremacists involved in a violent confrontation last year in Charlottesville. ‘It sure isn’t normal; it’s radical’: Former president Barack Obama says Trump and Republicans are knowingly dividing America 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z But administration officials argued that the current sanctions regime provided all the authority they needed, and they dismissed concerns that President Trump’s equivocation on questions of Russian interference had harmed their efforts. Facing New Russian Hacking, Senators Signal They Are Ready to Act 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Todd pointed out that even after Charlottesville and Trump’s equivocation in condemning the far-right demonstrators, the author still came out to defend her longtime boss. Omarosa claims she has heard tape of Trump using N-word 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z It was an act of moral equivocation that will forever soil his presidency and it left many observers righteously outraged. Intolerance can never be up for debate 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z That’s because Musk tweeted that the financing for the buyout had been locked up without equivocation. Tesla CEO’s buyout bid raises eyebrows, legal concerns 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy took issue with Mr. Trump’s “equivocation” during the press conference, though the president insisted he did a fine job. Donald Trump says FBI ‘illegally spied’ on Carter Page, campaign 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z He added, "This body must agree on the importance of protecting our ambassadors. We should pass it today —not wait, not show any equivocation." Richard Shelby, curious Russia ally: Only two senators didn’t vote to protect US citizens from... 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Democrats unsuccessfully pushed to restore $380 million in election security funding, saying the money is particularly needed in light of President Trump’s recent equivocations on Russian interference in the 2016 election. House passes $58.7 billion funding package for interior, environment, financial services in 2019 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z "Donald Trump is locked in a crisis that rivals his Charlottesville equivocation about good people on both sides of the white supremacist rally and the release of the Access Hollywood tape," Wallace said. "A shameless lie": Holes poked in Donald Trump's assertion that he misspoke when praising Putin 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z On a day when the setting called for a show of strength and resolve from an American president, Trump instead offered deference, defensiveness, equivocation and weakness. Analysis | The moment called for Trump to stand up for America. He chose to bow. 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z This was a polished specimen of Obama-era rhetoric, a series of equivocations bent into the shape of a paper clip. A Spymaster Steps Out of the Shadows 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z So, after years of equivocation, this month Mrs. May finally threw her personal support behind the Heathrow expansion plan. U.K. Lawmakers Approve Expansion Plans for Heathrow Airport 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z A fractious GOP conference and President Trump’s equivocations hamstrung leadership as they tried to rally support for their Republicans-only bills. House Republican leaders delay vote on immigration bill until next week in the face of opposition 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z After all the excitement of Thursday, and the overblown response to one line from Héctor Cúper in a press conference that was replete with equivocation, Mohammed Salah did not start. José Giménez’s late show snatches victory for Uruguay over Egypt 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z These bizarre times will not tolerate mealy-mouthed platitudes and weaselly equivocation on that point. This time, the joke was on Roseanne Barr 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The Reclaiming Jesus movement, like other progressive religious groups, is asking people of faith to reject policies that ban refugees and immigrants from the US and equivocations on white supremacy – without joining a political side. 'I pray for Donald Trump, I do': Bishop Michael Curry addresses US divisions 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z There's no equivocation or wiggle room, just turn this miscreant in. How Can I Make My Colleague Stop Stealing? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z But, he added, with no equivocation, “You wouldn’t want that world back.” Opinion | The Extinction of Gay Identity 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z “Maybe it was a contrarian streak,” he wrote, “or maybe it was something more complicated that explained his constant equivocation and apologies for Vladimir Putin.” Trump Calls Comey ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’ as Book Details Released 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z These bizarre times will not tolerate mealy-mouthed platitudes and weaselly equivocation on that point. This time, the joke was on Roseanne Barr 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Outside the Caribbean, too, Bailey’s equivocation sits uneasily. The Jamaican Who Isn’t Sure He Wants to Play for Jamaica 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z I have a dream where the people, the demos, tire of his moral equivocation, where the KKK is not as “good as” those who protest them. The panel: what would Martin Luther King's dream be in 2018? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Her equivocation enraged fellow candidates and party officials in Indiana’s 2nd District, where six Democrats are seeking nomination in the May 8 primary. Emerging Democratic Party united on liberal policies but divided on how to win 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z “And the equivocation they demonstrated was significantly reduced.” Does testosterone make you mean? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z That followed similar equivocation by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House spokeswoman, who was asked on Friday whether Mr. Trump was committed to the tariffs he announced in a hastily arranged meeting on Thursday. Trump Advisers Fervently Defend Tariffs (Unless They Change, That Is) 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Contrast that respect for the FBI and fear of America’s wrath with Mr Trump’s own public statements, tweets and equivocations around the same time. Robert Mueller charges Russians with election interference 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Rather, the hedging, equivocation and other linguistic devices that doctors reflexively use obscures the plain meaning of their words. ‘What did the doctor say?’: A simple question with a difficult answer 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z And so, too, in his support for Mr Trump’s baffling equivocations on the white supremacist violence that rocked Charlottesville last year. Banished Bannon 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z But on one subject he offered no equivocation: Tiger’s return is good for golf and good for the tour. Count the PGA Tour commissioner among those excited about Tiger Woods' return - Golf Digest 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z But the trigger for this particular article is his frustration with the Labour party for its caution and equivocation on Brexit. Tony Blair’s a flawed messenger – but he’s worth listening to on Brexit | Martin Kettle 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z On the startlingly intimate “Stranger in the Alps,” Bridgers, 23, ponders the comforts and frustrations of modern relationships in songs uncluttered by cliché or equivocation. Why L.A.'s Phoebe Bridgers has everybody talking 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The layers of equivocation in this statement are many, varied and perversely artful. ‘What did the doctor say?’: A simple question with a difficult answer 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z In his view, he is the president who pushes through toward "historic" change while those around him urge equivocation. Who really wants Trump to recognize Jerusalem? His evangelical supporters at home – LA Times 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Veteran Democrats hear such equivocation and see peril ahead. Avoiding Trump, but Adopting His Divisive Playbook: Will It Work in Virginia? 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Trump’s comments came after days of equivocation from the White House over whether Trump would meet with Putin. Trump says Putin 'means it' when he says he didn't meddle in U.S. election 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z This equivocation is all the more striking because China seems to be trying to repair relations with South Korea. Donald Trump’s agenda in Asia is a mystery 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z He has condemned the racial violence of Charlottesville but refused to comment on Trump’s equivocation that there were “very fine people” on both sides of the conflict. For the Democrat in the Va. governor’s race, victory may hinge on black voters 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z To neo-Nazi violence and murder, he responded with equivocations and excuses. Take a knee to stand for justice and pray for a return to decency 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z If anything, her equivocations on the Rohingya has given currency to the widely held assumption in Myanmar that they are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who have occupied land that rightfully belongs to the Burmese. A Much-Changed Icon, Aung San Suu Kyi Evades Rohingya Accusations 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z His equivocation on endorsing Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, angered traditional Democratic power brokers, leaving him fewer loyalists on either end of the party’s ideological spectrum. Marching to a Second Term, de Blasio Faces a Diminished Mayoralty 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Such equivocation served only to ease the pressure on Congress. Trump sets contours of a possible legislative compromise for 'Dreamers' 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Trump made immigration enforcement a centerpiece of his campaign, but his equivocations over the fate of the dreamers has reflected the political predicament for Republicans. GOP leaders add their voices to the chorus calling for DACA program to stay 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z As the Los Angeles Times editorial board said in its admonition to Republican leaders over the weekend, “This is no time for neutrality, equivocation or silence.” Why is Trump’s Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke silent on San Francisco ‘free speech’ rally? I... 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The fallout from the racism-fueled violence in Virginia and the president’s equivocation in the wake of it continues to reverberate. Analysis | The Finance 202: Here's how Louise Linton could change the tax debate 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z “In order to preserve these cherished values, there must never be equivocation in denouncing hate, bigotry, violence and racism.” After more executives flee Trump’s advisory board, White House claims he planned to disband the council anyway 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The equivocation stood in sharp contrast to Trump’s handling of previous incidents, which he had quickly labeled as terrorism. The 24% president 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The furor that Mr. Trump has created with his equivocation over the violence this weekend at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Va., has refocused attention on the president’s complex relationship with matters of race. Trump Has Always Had Complicated Personal Relations With Blacks 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s not hard to name and condemn the alt-right without equivocation. How rightwing writers covered Trump's reaction to Charlottesville 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Zuckerberg’s comments also appeared to reference Donald Trump’s equivocation on the question of whether the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists are condemnable, though he did not mention Trump by name. Mark Zuckerberg on Charlottesville: Facebook will remove violent threats 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr Trump’s equivocation on Saturday thrilled the Daily Stormer, a racist website: “No condemnation at all…Really, really good. God bless him.” Donald Trump’s failure of character emboldens America’s far right 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Gardner reiterated those comments on the Sunday talk-show circuit, directly calling out Trump’s equivocation on who had prompted the clashes. Analysis | In Alabama, Senate Republicans have tied themselves to Trump. At what cost? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z President Trump’s equivocation after Charlottesville only enabled the white nationalists who were emboldened by his campaign rhetoric, his election and his previous words and actions as president. Tennessee editorial roundup 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z At which point is it worth asking what has driven Trump’s equivocation on Charlottesville and how can, or should, US allies respond? Now Trump has forced the world to confront racial division in the US | Mary Dejevsky 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z It took two days of public equivocation and internal White House debate before the president condemned white supremacist groups by name on Monday, declaring "racism is evil." President Trump Retweets Critic Who Called Him a 'Fascist' 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z After two days of public equivocation and internal White House debate, the president condemned white supremacist groups by name on Monday, declaring "racism is evil". Furor Over Charlottesville Follows President Trump Home to Trump Tower 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z However, in light of Trump’s earlier equivocation on the Charlottesville melee, and his pattern of ignoring or only belatedly acknowledging hate-motivated violence against minorities, he will need to do much more. Trump can prove his words on white supremacy aren't hollow. Here's how | David Schanzer 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Prominent Republicans quickly took the president to task for his disgraceful equivocation. Opinion | Trump’s response to Charlottesville should surprise no one 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Trump added that his “attitude was not fully formed” on the issue, even though it once was, an equivocation that echoed similarly hedged statements from politicians in both parties at the time. ‘It’s not my thing’: A history of Trump’s shifting relationship with the LGBT community 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Ending decades of equivocation, President Jacques Chirac formally admitted France’s collective responsibility for wartime crimes, declaring in 1995: “the criminal folly of the occupiers was seconded by the French, by the French state.” Macron Denounces Anti-Zionism as ‘Reinvented Form of Anti-Semitism’ 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z THE FACTS: The weight of evidence supports Haley’s certainty more than her boss’ equivocation. AP FACT CHECK: Trump on the ‘blazing’ economy, Russia, NATO 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z On the eve of the summit American diplomats briefed the envoy’s government that Mr Trump would, after months of equivocation, formally commit himself to Article 5, the mutual-defence clause that anchors the alliance. Why nationalists are so bad at foreign policy 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Just this narrated segue from Kelly: “That pattern, reckless accusations followed by equivocation and excuses, is classic Alex Jones.” Megyn Kelly has tough questions for Alex Jones but doesn't push for hard answers 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z And she described his behavior as “reckless accusation, followed by equivocations and excuses.” Megyn Kelly Presses Alex Jones on Conspiracy Theories in Edited NBC Interview 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The overwhelming majority of scientists, including Nobel laureates, make no equivocations as to the primary cause of climate change: human activity and an enormous reliance on the burning of fossil fuels. Opinion | Where leaving the Paris climate-change agreement leaves the United States 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Brzezinski was one of the few foreign policy heavyweights to oppose America’s invasion of Iraq without equivocation and without pause. Opinion | On foreign policy — and life in general — Zbigniew Brzezinski always got it right 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The odds against that in countries such as Romania, to say nothing of Syria or South Sudan, are steeper, creating equivocations that over time become so inured that they break the spirit. A Romanian father-daughter tale about the moral failings of post-Communist Europe 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z His failure to take military action after Syria launched a chemical attack in the summer of 2013 marked one of his greatest foreign policy failures and became a symbol of presidential equivocation and weakness. Trump confronts the contradictions of his foreign policy rhetoric 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z For years, as people warned against the mainstreaming of Islamophobia, they were met with equivocation. Suddenly, Muslims are America’s untouchables | Nesrine Malik 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Even Trump’s equivocation and uncertainty about deporting children of immigrants in the country illegally is forgivable, in light of the list of other action he’s tackling, said Sandy Brus of rural Crawford County near Dennison. In Iowa, Trump voters cheer changes, dismiss petty fights 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z It played a key role in forcing several big tech firms to finally promise not to build a Muslim registry, after weeks of silence and equivocation on the subject. Trump needs tech to achieve his vision. But Silicon Valley isn't having it 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The equivocation hasn’t helped the film, which was once promoted as an Oscars contender for Keaton but has so far failed to garner much awards attention. Weinstein Co. serves up 'The Founder' amid smaller film slate and shift to TV 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z That is how we build a more just society - not with kowtowing or equivocations, but with strength and truth. America: don't be polite in the face of demagoguery | Jessica Valenti 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z “I’m not saying whether it’s good or bad, it kind of is what it is” is a spectacular piece of equivocation. Beware the Zombie Bowl Games! 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z President-elect Donald Trump’s first test has come even before he is sworn in, and so far, he has responded with denial, equivocation and deflection. For a president-elect who touts ‘America first,’ Russian hacking poses a problem 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z “There must be no equivocation or ignoring the seriousness of the intelligence community’s conclusion about Russia’s actions.” Clinton campaign presses for intelligence on Russian hacking 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Clarity and truth-telling, not equivocation and abstention, are what is needed now more than ever. Abstention on UNESCO Vote Is Not Good Enough 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “With absolutely no equivocation, I not only feel confident that everything we said was true, but that we did everything that we needed to do to ensure that it is safe,” Barham said. Louisiana official defends fish testing after oil spill 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z It is written with no equivocation on the identity of the outlaw’s father. Ron Hansen’s ‘The Kid’: a vivid portrait of an American outlaw 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z So I end with a sort of equivocation, one that might have made for a good Gawker post: A lot of the internet is wonderful. Gawker’s Gone. Long Live Gawker. 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z There is hope that the debate stage will allow her a chance to at last address such questions with more brevity and less equivocation. Hillary Clinton Piles Up Research in Bid to Needle Donald Trump at First Debate 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z His choice for CIA director, after Brennan’s equivocations on torture raised red flags for liberals, was Leon Panetta, a longtime Democratic congressman and consummate insider. Inside the fight to reveal the CIA's torture secrets 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z To put it in technical terms, Trump committed a fallacy of equivocation. The Founder of ‘Is’ Is 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z There was no equivocation in the sheriff’s support. Georgia editorial roundup 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Trump came under fire for appearing to hedge in disavowing the endorsement, eventually blaming his equivocation on a "bad earpiece." Republican Officials Say No Support for David Duke 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama’s initial response to the shootings was more of the same: equivocation mixed with an attempt to change the subject. Healing After Dallas, Without Obama 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z In an article about internet management for influential bimonthly party journal Qiushi in October, Xu pledged to uphold party leadership over the Internet and management of the media and public opinion "without any equivocation". China appoints new internet regulator 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z A classic example of the fallacy of equivocation is a riddle apocryphally attributed to Abraham Lincoln. The Founder of ‘Is’ Is 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Such actions are indefensible and should have been denounced without equivocation. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Such equivocation, however, panders to the most callous part of us. There Is No Justice In Killing Dylann Roof 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Ridley-Thomas argued that a delay would send a "message of equivocation." L.A. County may seek state's help on 'millionaires tax' for homelessness 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The best way to “restore a sensible system of government” is not by using verbal equivocation to get what we want. Is the Senate’s role in appointments a right? A duty? A power? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Trump is not the first politician to commit a fallacy of equivocation. The Founder of ‘Is’ Is 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z I say without equivocation throw the Establishment elites in the Boston Harbor with the contaminated teas of long ago. Donald Trump, American Preacher 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z In the event, Florida senator Marco Rubio’s response, like those of many of his fellow candidates, was light on science and heavy on equivocation. Climate change may be a burning issue – but election campaign tells another story 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Anyhow, equivocation on the Biden Rule is not the main thrust of the vice president’s speech. Confirmation Bias 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z But if Mr. Trump becomes the nominee, Mr. Salmon said Tuesday he is ready to back the mogul “without equivocation” over Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in November. Rep. Matt Salmon: I picked Rubio, then Cruz, but Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton a ‘no-brainer’ 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z There’s an important difference between Mr. Clinton’s equivocation and Trump’s. The Founder of ‘Is’ Is 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z “ISIS is the face of evil, and there is no room for equivocation. Their actions clearly constitute genocide.” ISIS ‘genocide’ declaration doesn’t ensure U.S. will take action 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z To say so isn't a show of false equivalence or some mainstream-media, view-from-nowhere equivocation. This is not a debate in which there are two sides arguing over the same thing. The looming showdown over online harassment at SXSW 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z In my book, I assert without equivocation that I believe Simpson killed his ex-wife and her friend, on June 12, 1994. What a Knife Can Tell Us About the O. J. Simpson Case 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s true that anti-Trump Republicans found common ground in excoriating Trump for his equivocation in condemning the Ku Klux Klan and the racist leader David Duke. Trump traps the GOP 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z This is a hard break from Mr. Cruz’s earlier equivocations on deportation. Cruz’s Immigration Misfire 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z First, the equivocation, which flared in May 2015 at a campaign stop in New Hampshire: “For people to say the science is decided on this is just really arrogant,” he told a crowd. How Trump and company warmed to climate change 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z President Obama’s long equivocation on this issue implies that he understands these consequences. Why Obama Hasn't Closed Guantanamo Bay—and Likely Never Will 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But the extent of his equivocation on key issues has left many Republicans, including his supporters, wondering what he really believes. Marco Rubio wants to unite later by staying vague now 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z If one, bloodless qualification for the GOP nominee is, very simply, who’d best compete with Hillary Clinton in the debates, it looks to me like Marco Rubio would demolish her equivocations. GOP Wars: Episode V 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Technically, the reporters wallow in the equivocation fallacy. In Exxon War, Bamboozled by Greenies 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z It’s not a dangerous equivocation to say, well, yes and no. California Editorial Roundup 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z “He’s radical,” Mr. Guggenheim sums up without equivocation. Davis Guggenheim calls Malala Yousafzai courageous in new documentary 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z We are riveted by them because they communicate so directly, without filters and without equivocation. The One Thing The Pope and The Donald Have in Common 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z But Lord Falconer said he could not support any equivocation about the UK's future in Europe. Falconer to quit shadow cabinet if Labour backs EU exit - BBC News 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Normally, such an equivocation might be cause for worry. Apple iPhone 6S: Reading the Preorder Tea Leaves 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z "There would be no room for equivocation, no room for manipulation and no room for cheating," Rubio says. In speech, GOP White House candidate Marco Rubio slams Obama's outreach to Iran and Cuba 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z “There would be no room for equivocation, no room for manipulation and no room for cheating,” Rubio says. In speech, Rubio slams Obama’s outreach to Iran and Cuba 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Most telling is the equivocation “some sort of war.” Full Orwell 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The contradictions and costs of a tiny minority’s progress, long suppressed by blustery denial and aggressive equivocation, have become visible on a planetary scale. How to think about Islamic State 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z There has been less equivocation in his direct denouncements of the insidious ways racism plays out. Finally, the Obama I fell in love with | Steven W Thrasher 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Pat Mulloy, a local Democratic committeeman in Alexandria, Virginia, says he sensed a pent-up demand among people he knew who were starving for someone to articulate their economic frustration without caveat or equivocation. Straight Talk on Steroids 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z There were no questions about Mrs. Clinton’s equivocation on the Trans Pacific Partnership, about which, as we noted last month, CNN itself has done some excellent reporting. ‘People Should and Do Trust Me’ 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z “One of the main factors in his decision, Cohen said,” The Post reported, “was Clinton’s equivocation on granting President Barack Obama so-called fast-track authority on his mammoth trade deal.” Today in Politics: A Backlash Costs Trump, and Possibly Republicans 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Walker’s equivocation drew suspicion that he might be peddling nativist uncertainty about the president’s true beliefs and loyalties, maybe even Muslim ones. Crying ‘Gotcha’ 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In Iowa, where Paul will campaign Friday, Rev. Terry Amann of Walnut Creek Community Church near Des Moines said he saw no place for equivocation on the issue. AP Interview: Paul won't spell out abortion ban exceptions 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z If McKee is an unreconstructed militant who speaks without equivocation about the role that he played in the armed struggle, Gerry Adams has in recent decades gone through a metamorphosis. Where the Bodies Are Buried 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In the end, both men tweeted and grunted emendations and equivocations. Scott Walker’s inartful dodge in London 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Huang chose to sign with ABC in deference to the residual power of network television to alter mass perceptions about race, and he had hoped to portray the Asian-immigrant experience without equivocation or compromise. Eddie Huang Against the World 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Although Binns sees the report as a great foundation for defining the disorder, some argue that the approach is a sign of equivocation. Military health: The insurmountable gulf 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z No matter the qualifications and equivocations, let’s just admit that 4.6 percent and 5.0 percent in the second and third quarters is nothing to sneeze at. Five Percent Growth--Wow! 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Order will be preserved, and it is not an occasion for equivocation, evasive quibbling, or fooling around in the name of grief. WES PRUDEN: On Ferguson, Obama plays to his crowd 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z “He’s the leader of our locker room and our team,” Garcon said of Griffin, leaving no room for equivocation. DeSean Jackson seeks to unify Redskins in support of Robert Griffin III Panetta’s views are a model of equivocation, a skill no doubt sharpened by his nine terms in Congress and a stint as White House chief of staff in the fractious Clinton administration. What Former CIA Head Leon Panetta Says Now About Torture Murray set off something of a political firestorm on Thursday when he seemed to end his equivocation about the referendum with a last-minute Twitter post that concluded with “lets do this!” With One Battle Over in Scotland, Another Begins 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z At the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, there is no equivocation but there is caution, said Stephen Heintz, its president. Heirs to an Oil Fortune Join the Divestment Movement 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Some of those MPs have told me already that they were worried about the gap between the PM's tough language and what they see as William Hague's cautious equivocation on Friday. West Lothian question continues to puzzle 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z There isn’t any wiggle room in this formulation, no place for equivocation. Quitting Football 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z While they always said they understood the lesson at the end, they really did not, expressing the denouement with an equivocation that would define the production, “Well yes, sir, I sorta guess so.” How Dwight D. Eisenhower Invented The Internet -- And The Desktop Computer 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Brandt called the plan “a treatise in equivocation.” Doubts over whether Detroit bankruptcy plan gets job done 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Still, despite Obama’s equivocations—and also somewhat against his will—the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, were his fault. Obama is responsible for Ferguson, but not how you might think 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “On this point, there can be no negotiation, no equivocation. America cannot negotiate a middle ground when one party seeks the wholesale destruction of the other.” Perry: America must end ‘ambivalence’ on Israel 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The Nikkei report is noteworthy mostly for its lack of equivocation. All In? Tesla, Panasonic Could Announce Nevada Gigafactory Deal This Week 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z There are atrocities taking place in Gaza, without equivocation. My Jewish Mother, My Palestinian Father and a Family Torn Apart "I will tell you, Director Deutch," Ruppert said, "emphatically and without equivocation that the agency has dealt drugs throughout this country for a long time." The unbelievable life and death of Michael C. Ruppert 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Luckily, despite some ridiculous moral equivocation by some, the application of the moral principles of tort law is fairly straightforward in this case. Tort Principles and Their Application to the Hostilities in Gaza and Israel 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z "There is no equivocation," said lead author Prof Gary Yohe from Wesleyan University. US climate impacts 'far reaching' 2014-05-06T12:53:48Z But they now face growing pressure to choose sides without equivocation. Ukraine Chief Loses Support in Stronghold 2014-02-06T02:22:56Z "A renewed appeal for compassion was directly made to our government last October 2013. We responded to this appeal without equivocation and in a most generous manner," he said. Manila rejects HK apology demand 2014-01-30T09:55:08Z Rights language invites the beggar to rise from his knees and, without equivocation or supplication, demand his humanity be recognized. In defense of “entitlements” 2013-12-19T13:15:00Z And despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured, it is undeniable. Transcript: Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks on alleged Syria chemical attack 2013-08-26T20:11:00Z By any standard, it is inexcusable and—despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured—it is undeniable. U.S. to Seek Accountability for Syrian Chemical Weapons Use 2013-08-26T21:05:26Z But on Monday there was no such equivocation. Straight Sets: Raonic Has Second Thoughts on a Montreal Net Controversy 2013-08-13T01:22:16Z In her decision, she flatly rejected the SEC's case, saying the defendants' testimony helped determine her ruling because she found they answered "without hesitation or equivocation." SEC judge in Cohen case no stranger to high-profile cases 2013-07-24T22:58:07Z In case there was any equivocation, the Lakers offered up a public display of affection: the billboards. It’s No Secret Lakers Want Howard Back 2013-06-29T16:03:33Z “Without equivocation, I believe maintaining the central role of the commander in our military justice system is absolutely critical,” Odierno said. Military: Sexual assault is “like a cancer” 2013-06-04T15:47:00Z Meanwhile, all the equivocations in the world haven’t prevented the right from excoriating Obama for supporting infanticide just for showing up at Planned Parenthood. Jennifer Rubin is right 2013-05-06T18:40:00Z The Heritage Foundation and its more overt political arm, Heritage Action, have made no such equivocations. Bill on Sales Tax for Internet Purchases Divides Republicans 2013-04-29T01:46:38Z The denials and equivocations are a part of a broader pattern of Muslims and Chechens understandably distinguishing themselves from the Tsarnaev brothers in the massacre’s wake. Boston mosque refuses to bury Tamerlan 2013-04-24T12:32:00Z AUGUSTA, Ga. -- There was no equivocation at the Masters this week, no moment to mull over the concept. Woods chases history as Masters begins 2013-04-11T12:29:00Z Without equivocation, most respondents said that it would not: "Being in a rural area, we only get mail 3 days a week now," said Regina Bauer. U.S. Postal Service Announces Plan to Cut Saturday Mail 2013-02-06T20:20:00Z On Sunday night, however, there was no equivocation. Sebastian Vettel adds to F1 drivers' title by committing to Red Bull 2012-11-26T19:38:16Z How, you wonder, is it really going to play out for him here in this feudal sporting dictatorship, when even his unveiling is in truth a semi-unveiling, launched in a fluster of equivocation. Welcome Mr Benítez, Chelsea's latest second-best next big thing 2012-11-22T21:09:39Z Among some commentators, there was a sense that rage was redundant: that unless Pakistan’s military and civilian leaders drop all equivocation about Islamist extremism, the country is likely to suffer further such traumas. Pakistan Erupts in Anger Over Taliban’s Shooting of Malala Yousafzai 2012-10-10T18:51:43Z The difference between the punishment of Suárez and Terry raises questions about the FA's equivocation on the seriousness of the charge against Terry. John Terry: the FA has been equivocal in its approach to racism 2012-09-29T23:01:19Z “If you show weakness, if you show moral equivocation,” then “adventurism among our adversaries will increase,” Mr. Ryan said. Ryan, Stumping in Wisconsin, Stresses Local Roots 2012-09-13T03:21:34Z On Monday, top Democrats quickly shook off their hesitation and equivocation. The Caucus: G.O.P. Seizes on a Question: Are You Better Off Than You Were 4 Years Ago? 2012-09-03T19:20:43Z For the multimillionaire banker, however, this would be mere watery equivocation. The wrecking of Barclays is one of organised looting by those at the very top 2012-07-09T19:00:06Z Yet because personal finance is so personal, some experts are leery of telling people, without any equivocation, what to do with their money. With your personal finances, do this — not that 2012-07-07T23:51:00Z The scepticism about Western capitalism was matched by an equally marked equivocation over Russia’s own model of state capitalism. Schumpeter: Davos on the river Neva 2012-06-28T15:03:25Z Without equivocation, I said that I made a mistake and knew it was damaging. How refereeing soccer made me a better doctor 2012-06-10T13:00:01Z In the middle of his long equivocation, Booker lumped Obama campaign’s negative assault in with other “nauseating” campaign attacks, all but twisting the knife. Cory Booker and Obama's 'Surrogate' Problem 2012-05-21T19:35:37Z Her untruthful equivocation as to where she had been—what else could it portend? The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The equivocation to evade the arrangement investing a degree of control over church schools in lay contributors to their foundation and support, by insisting upon liberty to choose an inapplicable "management clause," is transparent. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Mr. Wise put the thing frankly and without equivocation before his client. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z Nevertheless, by its aid the milk-producing capacity of a cow can be ascertained exactly, and her character in this respect can be expressed by means of figures about which there need be no equivocation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Seemingly without equivocation, China’s official statements last week rejected joining an American sanctions regime and called for more talks over the scope of Iran’s nuclear program. Wen Jiabao in Middle East as China Evaluates Oil Policy 2012-01-14T03:17:29Z As a nation should not, and the Almighty will not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z The untrue averment that the committee of council have refused to contribute to the support of schools not adopting the management clauses is in proper keeping with these equivocations. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Rees didn't comment after the game, but Kelly's equivocation spoke volumes. Notre Dame QB Hendrix makes noise, creates questions 2011-11-27T15:40:00Z "It is important that such conduct is rooted out from the field of play without any equivocation," he said. Blatter apologizes but will not resign 2011-11-18T13:39:51Z "However, the American public deserves for there to be no question or equivocation concerning members of Congress or any citizen being exempted from laws prohibiting insider trading." House hearing scheduled for insider trading bill 2011-11-17T23:00:21Z Her worst enemy could never charge her with falsification—even equivocation. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Had the contrary statements been presented, the brief said, jurors would have discounted them as “understandable, temporary equivocation.” Orleans District Attorney?s Office Faces U.S. Supreme Court 2011-11-02T17:48:06Z The reversal highlighted his record of equivocations and underscores the local political minefields national candidates often confront in their state-by-state path to the presidency. As Romney showed in Ohio, state issues can be tricky to navigate for presidential candidates 2011-10-27T01:10:15Z The mayor’s cautious equivocation, however, did not spare him from the writers at “Saturday Night Live.” City Room: SNL Suggests What the Mayor Might Say About Protesters 2011-10-16T17:05:09Z His manly love of truth disdained equivocation or subterfuge, and, as the result of all, he was deposed and excommunicated. John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z Wasting no regrets over the new conditions, he bound himself to the party of his choice without equivocation. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Reasons, not of business, nor yet of fame, but of a burning and inextinguishable faith, had led to their noble equivocation. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z I suspected what my fate would be when so much equivocation was resorted to during my journey to this country. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z He was almost certain that Bimble had been guilty of equivocation in regard to the tunnel and the revolving frame. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Segrais might have added that his mistress had always severely criticised the equivocations arising from marriages of conscience. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z There was no equivocation about it: they broke and ran, "bellowing like bull-calves." In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z I am not good at equivocation, so I confessed at once that Maggie May was right, and from the amount of pleasurable excitement the announcement gave her, I augured well. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The prisoner himself deeply prejudiced his cause by his numerous false statements, and still more by his adherence to the doctrine of equivocation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Such equivocation is anathema in Holland's Bible Belt, among the large number of people who live according to strict Christian orthodoxy. No-God squad 2011-08-05T10:18:25Z I can say, without equivocation, safety will never be compromised. Worry Grows Over Delays in F.A.A. Pay 2011-08-04T01:04:43Z This may also be a good place to answer a question often asked, "How can the equivocation and downright falsehood that follows be justified?" Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z For full a minute Ellen hesitated, thus unhappily confirming the suspicion that when she did reply it was another equivocation. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z It is the language of reservations, equivocations, and lies: it is a perfidious language. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z As to the doctrine preached by Mrs. Besant, it rests on a perpetual equivocation. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z This ambiguity and equivocation was not, however, the worst feature that characterised the oracles of antiquity. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z But Mrs. Clinton is not now a force in the gritty political arena and has said without equivocation that she would not run for president again. The Female Factor: Women Find Their Voice-On One Side of the Aisle 2011-05-24T18:17:13Z And when Lady Helen herself encouraged the boy in his disobedience, and showed him an example of equivocation, what could be said? Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z Saw you ever, my Lords and Ladies, his equal for equivocation? The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Even taking into consideration the tangled mass of evasions, misstatements and hypocritical equivocations presented in this manifesto, these "ends" emerge with sufficient clearness. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z Then ensued an interval of ambiguous mutterings, dark equivocations, private accusation, private defenses. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z I suppose this is some vile equivocation; you have done worse, you have had the barbarity, the baseness, to attempt to poison his dog; the poisoned meat was found in your pocket last night.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Answer me, Ellen, at once and briefly; your fault is known, and, therefore, all further equivocation is useless. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z With those who desire to be instrumental in bringing about the triumph of liberty over slavery, there should be neither evasion, vacillation, nor equivocation. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z By its nature, punditry craves attention, which is easier to attract with certainties than with equivocation. Economic View: If You Have the Answers, Tell Me 2011-05-07T16:12:07Z The great argument that men are determined by the strongest motives, is a mere equivocation, and what logicians call petitio principii. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z The equivocation was not exactly to his taste. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z She had noticed, with her usual penetration, that all day Ellen evidently shrunk from her eye, and felt quite sure something was wrong again; but she asked no questions, fearing again to tempt equivocation. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z This refused—supposing it possible of being obtained—then he would certainly be assassinated—hanged or shot—without further hesitancy or equivocation. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z "Blood alive! will you tell me that I 'm not Paul Dempsey, of Dempsey's Grove?" exclaimed he, driven beyond all patience by what he deemed equivocation. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Metaphor is not equivocation; but perhaps more usually it is understood not to give us real knowledge because it is understood to be based on resemblances that are merely fanciful, not real. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z In 1773, Parliament passed a new Act insisting without equivocation upon England’s right to transport her colonial subjects across the sea for trial. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The understated equivocations of their spokesmen - and their genuine uncertainty about the situation - engendered mistrust, particularly among those in the vicinity. Three Mile Island 2011-03-15T22:53:42Z Sooner than descend to such an equivocation he will depart on his lonely way uncomforted. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Brother Young, the above is my proposition and will settle all difficulties at once, and these are my avowed sentiments and no equivocation. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z In particular for matter of equivocation, wherein he was much and often urged, and ever gave them such satisfaction as in reason they could wish no more. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z Then her face that day in the Whitney office rose on my memory, the stealthily watching eyes with their leaping fires, the equivocations, the lies! The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z On Saturday, after days of equivocation, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh officially rejected a last-ditch proposal by the political opposition to step down before the end of this year. No Deal in Yemen: The President Says He Won't Go 2011-03-05T22:00:00Z I have seen no reason for modification, recantation, or equivocation. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z But this is a form of insincerity known as equivocation or quibbling, which many regard almost as disreputable as plain lying. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z This is no time to talk of equivocation, neither do I equivocate. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z "You think he's dying?" said he, fiercely, as though he would not brook any sort of equivocation; but the coarseness of his manner revolted her, and she turned away without reply. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Nor could he equivocate, for he considered equivocation little better than a direct falsehood. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Jessie felt now, when the moment for the first equivocation had arrived, the whole weight of the responsibility she had undertaken; however, she had gone too far to be able to draw back. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z Both presidents, with little equivocation, supported Mr. Mubarak. Letter From Washington: Freedom vs. Security in Egypt 2011-01-31T01:00:51Z It is but fair that, in reading the narrative of times when many lives hung on successful disguise and concealment, we should remember that the modern sense of equivocation was then unknown. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z This is my question, which can admit of no equivocation. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z Not being prepared, then, to tell the truth, and shrinking from falsehood and equivocation, Armour preferred silence as the least evil of the three. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z "Don't you be troubling your head about that, sir," replied the orderly, in a fine burst of evasion and equivocation. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z But when the game entailed a loss of self-respect, of confidence, or of equivocation with one's better instincts, there I drew the line. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z But generally, when a man is bound to confess, there is no place of equivocation. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z Ralph Lopez chided me for my equivocation on that question, assembling ample evidence to support his view that the treatment amounts to torture. U.N. to investigate treatment of Bradley Manning 2010-12-23T10:24:00Z But here again Royce slipped into a romantic equivocation which a strict logician would not have tolerated. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Mike Selvey reflects: "England's battering of Australia bordered on flawless": Without equivocation, this was the most complete performance by an England team in the memory of those who witnessed it. The Ashes 2010 daily: Adelaide Oval 7 December 2010-12-07T10:41:00Z Without equivocation, this was the most complete performance by an England team in the memory of those who witnessed it. England's battering of Australia bordered on flawless 2010-12-07T07:50:00Z So let me state without equivocation: We, the U.S. Tom Donohue: Obama's Tormentor 2010-11-04T03:00:00Z State Department briefing note on Ethiopia exemplifies western equivocation by giving the impression that the country is moving forward. Ethiopia: Was Birtukan Mideksa's Release Just for Show? 2010-10-08T08:30:00Z This equivocation is favoured by the allied ambiguity of an even commoner term, idea. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z The declaration by Mr. Medvedev ended equivocation by Russian officials about whether the sophisticated advanced air defense system would fall under the sanctions ban. U.S. Lauds Russia on Barring Arms to Iran, as Obama Speaks to U.N. 2010-09-23T03:21:00Z The Fed chief expressed regret for failing to be more "straightforward" about Lehman's fate in the past, saying his past equivocation may have "supported the mistaken impression that in fact we could have done something". Lehman Brothers rescue would have been unlawful, insists Bernanke 2010-09-02T18:21:00Z For those who sought to honor the congressman, the snubs and equivocations are infuriating. Guest List for Rangel?s Birthday Bash Shrinks 2010-08-06T01:03:00Z “It’s still kind of an equivocation — ” “I’m planning on playing my way into the team,” Woods repeated with a smile. Winless for the Year, Woods Returns to the Right Place for a Victory 2010-08-05T00:40:00Z Such decisions send "messages of equivocation" to American allies, he said. Tim Pawlenty takes his "hot wife," bland adequacy to Iowa 2010-08-02T16:16:00Z Indeed, for all its ancient history, India sometimes feels like a work in progress, caught up in a whirlwind of equivocation over its identity. Letter from India: India Is Getting All the Trappings of the New Century; But Is It Modern? 2010-07-29T11:18:00Z On this point, liberal-minded bloggers have been boringly unanimous in their careful equivocation. Heat wave smothers climate skeptic jokes 2010-07-06T23:51:00Z Ed Markey, who chairs the subcommittee on global warming, snapped: "Your equivocation is not reassuring." BP oil spill: Tony Hayward stonewalls Congress 2010-06-17T22:13:00Z Perhaps Frank, in mentioning "equivocation," was actually thinking of Clinton's statement in response to the flotilla raid on Monday. So much for Barney Frank's courage on Israel 2010-06-02T23:15:00Z The negotiation, on their part, commenced with equivocations. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Ambiguity always falls within a field or direction of conduct, and though it may extend much further, and must extend some further than the point at which equivocation occurs, yet it is never ubiquitous. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude All hypocrisy, diabolical equivocation!" cried Sala, angrily; "it is he himself who has caused the schism; it is he who has wounded the unity of the Church, in order the more easily to destroy her. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. The negociations were characterized by the same shuffling and equivocation on the part of the Chinese, and the same weak-kneed policy of forbearance and conciliation on the part of the British. The Unveiling of Lhasa Possibly we once prided ourselves on our honesty, and felt happy in our upright character, plain-dealing, and direct speech; but to our dismay we have been betrayed into double-dealing, equivocation, evasive or even fraudulent conduct. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Alternately as landlord and magistrate, the proprietor of an estate had to listen to perpetual complaints, petty wranglings and equivocations, in which no human sagacity could discover the truth or award justice. Maria Edgeworth There need be no mystery as to how such equivocation arises. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Maximina, who had noticed in passing, that the clock said that it was almost ten, was delighted with her husband's equivocation, and would kiss him affectionately. Maximina So he had resolved to put them, without equivocation or delay, to his congregation. Thirty But those who had not the key to her meaning, could not detect the equivocation. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" Hence, on this interpretation, the second assertion is connected with the first only apparently and by an equivocation; there is really no argument at all. Kant's Theory of Knowledge We must insist upon the second term of the expression in order to avoid any equivocation. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History As if failing, however, to detect any equivocation in his manner, Caraffa addressed himself to another course of thought and said— 'Have you questioned her, then, as to this young man's chances?' Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier I am only a traveller, a poor inoffensive wanderer, an Englishman—an Irishman, rather, a good Catholic'—Heaven forgive me if I meant an equivocation here!—'lower the pistols, I beseech you.' Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Or, worse still, he will tell the truth about all the leading citizens; he will set it down without equivocation or shadow of turning. Seeds of Pine Why, by resorting to deplorable equivocations which cast a shadow over his policy and his character, had he reduced his most devoted followers to doubt and despair? Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Audacity was the chief characteristic of his contrivances, and equivocation and lying his weapons of defence. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition What triumph for the friends of obscurity and equivocation! no equivocation of language can equal a material object, which may be interpreted in a thousand ways, for rendering ideas undecided and confused. Priests, Women, and Families "You were at Sanquhar town on the day of the Declaration?" he said, looking sharply at me, no doubt expecting a denial or equivocation. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway There must be no mistake about it; no room for doubt or equivocation, you know. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life In logic “composition” is the name given to a fallacy of equivocation, where what is true distributively of each member of a class is inferred to be true of the whole class collectively. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" His insinuation that none of the other pieces ascribed to him were genuine, is in his ordinary style of equivocation, and is now known to be erroneous. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Love that mingles and confounds everything is the sovereign, most gentle, and powerful equivocation. Priests, Women, and Families But the dear little creature," said Lady Belfield, "is not addicted to equivocation. Coelebs In Search of a Wife "Then it was you who drove out in the calessino meant for the doctor?" said Norwood, with the air of a man who would not brook an equivocation. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Just at this moment, Julia's absurd shufflings, and equivocations, and barefaced changes from one asseveration to another fill her with wrath. Portia or By Passions Rocked It is not pleasant for a gentleman"—he emphasized the word bitterly—"for a gentleman to acknowledge himself caught at a time like this in a decided equivocation. Hand and Ring It is no longer requisite to direct the attention every day, for every distinct case, by special equivocations. Priests, Women, and Families —Pomp waited for his prisoner to take in all the horrible suggestiveness of this equivocation; then resumed. Cudjo's Cave I object, in the very first instance, to an equivocation in the use of the word ‘real’. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century By making God and Nature equivalent terms Spinoza was not merely resorting to equivocation to escape the penalty of his views. The Philosophy of Spinoza P.S.—As I have used somewhat strong language, both here and elsewhere, of the equivocations of the economists on the subject of rent, I had better refer you to one characteristic example. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work Thanks to the progress of equivocation, they are enabled to do both at once, and, by mingling the language of love with that of devotion, speak of both at the same time. Priests, Women, and Families He had the hatred of his race for the faintest equivocation. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. Now this way of talking to children is calculated to give them wrong views of truthfulness, and to cherish within them a similar way of equivocation. Talkers With Illustrations Can equivocation such as this be read without a sense of humiliation and shame, as well as of disgust and abhorrence? Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford These confessions, denials, evasions, and palliations were defended by Garnet under the plea of lawful equivocation, a doctrine then at least taught very generally in the church of Rome. Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 There was no equivocation possible; he had taken command; he would give orders, which he expected her to obey promptly; he would do everything for the best. The Wilderness Trail It was almost too poor a shuffle to accuse him of, but she was always flying at the throat of equivocation, even when she knew she might be outclassed by it. When Ghost Meets Ghost He speaks the truth in everything, everywhere, and to every one, without equivocation, prevarication, or unjust hyperbolism. Talkers With Illustrations Thou knowest not thine equivocations! for the 'Kingdom of Heaven' hath diverse understandings. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse Such was the doctrine of equivocation, under the plea of which Garnet sheltered himself when he denied many things which were proved against him, and which he had himself confessed. Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 After all, is there a single man who can sincerely, without equivocation or mental reservation, label himself Calvinist, Arminian, Socinian, or Pelagian? Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Then he said, “It is too grave a matter for equivocation, and I ask, Did you take it?” A Diplomatic Adventure A bankrupt may fall into the hands of men whose tender-mercies are cruel; or his dishonest equivocations may exasperate their temper and provoke every thorn and brier of the law. Twelve Causes of Dishonesty I told the story simply, plainly, with no attempt at equivocation, and when I ceased speaking the room was as silent as a tomb. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West Garnet made a long defence at the bar; and on the question of equivocation he defended himself with much subtilty. Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 There would be no more shrinking into the odorous depths of the hothouse, or hesitancies, or equivocations. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The savage after some equivocation, said that he was only attended by twenty-four men and that the remainder had come "on their own accord." The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Francis Newman gave up orthodox Christianity, and also the equivocations of Unitarianism, but he clung to "the moral perfection of Christ." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) And it was a poor equivocation, as the reader will presently see. Name and Fame A Novel Throughout the whole Summer the President maintained a correspondence with the Germans, distinguished by patient reasoning on his part and continual shiftings and equivocations on theirs. Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements It purports to show when equivocation may "lawfully" be used, and may have been compiled by Garnet, as the title-page and the annotations throughout are in his handwriting. The Identification of the Writer of the Anonymous Letter to Lord Monteagle in 1605 There was yet a long struggle; for he was too ponderous for quick decisions, and at the same time too outright for successful equivocation. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Balta began cautiously, "that the news agencies have been sending out pictorial forecasts—" "Save your equivocation for others!" The Martian Cabal I have even remarked the equivocation of the name, which has often caused these popular opinions with philosophy and the sublimest sciences. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. This agreement, Venizelos insisted, was binding on Greece, notwithstanding the equivocations of the king. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Even when they are not fond of the children, their example must be dangerous, because servants do not scruple to falsify for their own advantage; if they break any thing, what a multitude of equivocations! Practical Education, Volume I "Madam, you have deceived me with words of equivocation to gain my ear," replied the king, mustering all the strength that still remained to him, "and you deceive me now." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 It was a clever equivocation, for though he had so far made nothing of the name on his arm, he was quite clear he came back to England Harrisson. Somehow Good “His equivocation now turns venomously upon him with the full-grown fang of a discovered lie.” The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete The defendant—General Jackson—resorted to a strange equivocation to extricate himself. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Sudden pleasure, from strong expressions of affection, or eloquent praise, whenever the child speaks truth, will operate powerfully in breaking his habits of equivocation. Practical Education, Volume I I pull in resolution, and begin To doubt the equivocation of the fiend That lies like truth: "Fear not, till Birnam wood Do come to Dunsinane." Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature They were generally either honestly believed, or, as we have just seen, honestly attacked, and a high tone of intellectual morality was preserved, untainted by hypocrisy, equivocation, or unreasoning dogmatism. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays This course recommended itself strongly to the strictly honest Rebecca, because it eliminated at once all necessity for "humoring" Phœbe's madness, with its implied subterfuges and equivocations. The Panchronicon The attempt to conceal or evade this truth is the fatal source of all equivocation and confusion. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. All who are governed by any species of fear are disposed to equivocation. Practical Education, Volume I In such a case, concealment is undoubtedly a right; but falsehood, or equivocation, or truth which will convey a false impression, is not a right. A Manual of Moral Philosophy At the end he sees too late that he has been tricked by— "the equivocation of the fiend That lies like truth." William Shakespeare He listened to the directions and promised without equivocation that Hepsie would come. The Wind Before the Dawn Stewart, in fact, really illustrated the equivocation between the two meanings of 'common sense.' The English Utilitarians, Volume I. I know not how men shall trust one another's declarations, or how we can practically, as well as doctrinally, confute the Jesuitical equivocations and mental reservations. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) The whole is in each and every part, and welds it with the rest into an absolute unity, an iron block, in which there can be no equivocation or shadow of turning. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy I expressed my surprise to the Manevaians, who merely said, with an evident air of equivocation, that they had made their peace with the Tevaians, who were only bringing some cocoa-nuts. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot; you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History That name, as he observes, lends itself to an equivocation. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. And he adds that he immediately urged Gramont to allow no more equivocation upon this essential point, but to press Werther for a straightforward reply upon it. Studies in Literature and History There was no bitterness of spirit against the witnesses, no expression of hostility towards the soldiers, no equivocation in any explanation they 162 gave. Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages But Garnet’s distinctly avowed opinions on the question of equivocation make it impossible to accept any denial from him. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot There was, as Haydon had intimated, little use for an attempt at equivocation or pretense. 'Drag' Harlan The first and last of these combine in Hamlet's case; and I have little doubt that Farmer is right in supposing the equivocation carried on in the expression “too much i' the sun,” or son. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher They felt that equivocation and indirection were thrust aside, and the law was now being laid down. The Candidate A Political Romance To him belong that ambiguity and equivocation and all other qualities which can convince the uncertain without making them conscious of why they have been convinced. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. He seemed to ask it as a matter of course and as one who had the right to be answered without equivocation. The Man Who Knew Thus there was not a little equivocation on both sides foreign to the nature of the two. America First Patriotic Readings But, as if to prevent equivocation, Moses defines the phrase "all the inhabitants;" "Ye shall return every man to his possession, and ye shall return every man to his family." Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? He forgot the decree of the king; her equivocation; the unanswered question. Under the Rose “I cry you mercy, good mother!” said Margery, descending to equivocation, and blushing more than ever; “I heard you not open my door, and your voice started me.” Mistress Margery No insinuation is too base, no equivocation too mean, no artifice too paltry. Diary in America, Series Two It is a leading question; one he had not expected; but he will not stoop to the faintest equivocation. A War-Time Wooing A Story I am firmly convinced that the subject responds when he is positively, without equivocation, ready to do so. A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis The free baron began to enjoy this strategic duplicity of language; the environing dangers lent zest to equivocation; the seduction of finding himself more potent than forces antagonistic became intoxicating to his egotism. Under the Rose Alkader received the treasure, and took the hint, instantly dispatching letters patent in full form, creating him Uäly which signifies, without equivocation, a sovereign independent prince. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Although plain in manner, he was a thorough gentleman, devoid of slang and equivocation. Cattle and Cattle-breeders "Without equivocation and with a politeness of offensively insinuating," the Boston Transcript concludes, "Germany rejects each and all of our demands and attempts to bargain with respect to the future." New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 |
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