| 单词 | spurious |
| 例句 | She could not believe he had brought Arize up like that, cheapened Arize’s memory in order to make a point in a spurious argument. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When Owen suggested that Deysel had been reduced to “serving as a token black woman to give the team a spurious South Africanism,” Woodall threatened to kill both Owen and his wife. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Now he used his spurious logic against benevolent Icelanders. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If so, you are a victim of the spurious rule about so-called fused participles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This line of attack is being carried even further in experiments aimed at deceiving the male into attempting to mate with a spurious female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They succeeded so well that their spurious product responded to the appropriate chemical tests and deceived the government chemists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Thus they assured themselves that they had not been taken in by a spurious result. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As we shall see in chapter 6, many spurious rules, including some that have made national headlines, are the result of bungled analyses of grammatical categories like adjective, subordinator, and preposition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Actually he had been interested in the horoscope for a spurious birth date but Mack had never mentioned it again and so Doc forgot it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood in the doorway, a few feet behind him, one hand on the doorknob—a portrait of spurious hesitancy about making another full entrance into the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Other offers proved to be too small or, in a few cases, even spurious. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As I told Dali-wonga, separate development was a spurious solution to a problem that whites had no idea how to control. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Either the quote was spurious or misremembered, or Bobby was joshing the reporter who recorded it, because the truth is that he had the fillings removed for what he believed was a legitimate health reason. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Dadoo, president of the Transvaal Indian Congress, castigated the restrictions and dismissed the offer of parliamentary representation as “a spurious offer of a sham franchise.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Achieved at too great a cost on spurious grounds.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Milo nodded with spurious vim to indicate he still understood and then sat silent, ruminating gravely with troubled misgiving. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Yet when language scholars try to debunk the spurious rules, the dichotomizing mindset imagines that they are trying to abolish all standards of good writing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Re’lar Ambrose, in the future you will refrain from wasting our time with spurious charges.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Enormous folio volumes of spurious translations were published. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once more he was that self he had long since taught himself to wear in the world’s eye, pompous, spurious, not quite gross. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She writes: “Cohn’s power derived largely from his ability to scare potential adversaries with hollow threats and spurious lawsuits. And the fee he demanded for his services? Ironclad loyalty.” Perspective | Trump’s vicious attack on the media shows one thing clearly: He’s running scared 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z They are seen as troublemakers and are regularly locked up on spurious grounds, sometimes without access to a lawyer and in horrendous, cramped conditions. Women of Zimbabwe Arise: Amnesty Urgent Action 2012-02-12T00:05:54Z When the police confront the narrator for the umpteenth time that day, they don't, as on every other occasion, ask for his ID or give him an on-the-spot fine for a spurious offence. Tadeusz Konwicki lays bare Poland's 'ruined-modern' past 2011-04-06T11:54:51Z The possibilities were endless, yet every one also seemed spurious to the extreme. Holding out for a 3D hero 2011-02-22T09:30:31Z But Day’s publicity spokesperson, Charley Walters, told Deadline the original article was founded on spurious details. Doris Day denies role in new Clint Eastwood film 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Refreshingly, Ms. Ivey does not try to layer a spurious charm on the character; she acknowledges the wearying attributes that so get under Tom’s skin. Theater Review: Judith Ivey Brings Grit to a Tennessee Williams Jewel 2010-03-25T02:29:00Z Something is up when an ad for Planters Peanuts archly features its mascot, Mr. Peanut, delivering a TED Talk-flavored motivational speech, complete with flashy graphics and spurious data points. The TV Watch: Nerds Get Their Due on ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Veep’ 2014-04-04T00:00:25Z Little is said of the eight years she spent as a zek in the gulag following her estrangement from Sergei and arrest on spurious charges, yet tantalising glimpses show her will remained undefeated. The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev by Simon Morrison – review 2013-05-12T08:00:04Z Like the spurious right-wing myth of the self-made man, these stories elide the universal need for help. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z This one involved glass, asphalt, overcast skies and other spurious doggerel, and was almost impressively meaningless. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode four recap – Some Guy 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Other, more spurious claims — about the nature of cats themselves — may give readers pause. Review | We’ve been looking to philosophers to make sense of life. Maybe we should be looking at cats instead. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z So anyway, Merlin takes them on a spurious quest to get some books from the house of Arthur's adoptive parents. Camelot: episode six 2011-07-10T21:09:00Z "Specious and spurious legal bullying of artists should be vigorously opposed, and that opposition must begin first and foremost with all of us in the New York Theatre community," the letter says. A play parody gets defense from theater biggies 2012-07-19T01:23:09Z The spurious quest for the true author of the plays had its origins in snobbery. Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro | Book review 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Peterson’s lawyer, Joseph DiRuzzo, issued a statement saying law enforcement officers are specifically excluded from child welfare laws and called the charges “spurious.” Is cowardice a crime? Scot Peterson’s failure leaves us with complicated questions. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The problem is that we’re at a particular stage of the design cycle when so many “innovations” are spurious, that the risk of them over-complicating our lives is scarily high. 2010-01-25T09:32:00Z In the 1960s, amid the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Wu’s father, a local government official, was imprisoned on a spurious treason charge. Wu Tianming, Film Director Who Reshaped Chinese Cinema, Dies at 74 2014-03-25T04:23:02Z "We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups," he observed in a 1978 essay. From the sci-fi mind of author Philip K. Dick to a movie screen 2011-03-05T00:27:18Z The first Arvon Course I tutored involved me occupying a position of entirely spurious authority, sitting opposite a retired headmaster – a hugely pleasant, sweet and intelligent gentleman of twice my age and experience. AL Kennedy: Taking the temperature of work in progress 2010-03-30T08:00:00Z “Widows” and “Ocean’s 8” put a spurious sisterly spin on old-fashioned American greed. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The surviving text is controversial, and scholars have long suspected that the ending is spurious. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The problem, I suggest, is that we feel we know her already; that we have some spurious claim on her innermost secrets. Kristen Stewart: ‘It's not confusing if you’re bisexual. For me, it’s the opposite’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z As there is little academic research into "sexualisation", much of the debate is based on anecdotal evidence or spurious surveys carried out by lifestyle magazines. Reactionary forces are shaping the debate on internet porn 2010-12-23T15:30:00Z At the same time, these resources will also eliminate as spurious some items long thought to be genuine. Mistaken identity 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z That fiction has a spurious origin, and it comes from the first time a human is told a lie. Netflix's existential "Shine Your Eyes" searches for a man who "inhabits the world of fiction" 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z I started looking into some of the more spurious claims that these people were making. "Great British Bake Off" veteran Ruby Tandoh: "I see the show and I feel a pressure from it" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z She later told lawyers not to amplify some of the most spurious claims from the president, according to people close to her. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Even the intrusive, possibly spurious cymbal crash and triangle roll at the peak of the heavenly Adagio seemed to make sense in Mr. Haitink’s sure hands. Music Review: Bernard Haitink and the New York Philharmonic - Review 2011-11-18T23:46:31Z Beneath its vigor and sparkle, “Chad Deity” harbors a zero-at-the-bone indictment of Americans who accept simplistic, easy-to-grasp and spurious images that they know have been manufactured. Theater Review: Kristoffer Diaz?s Body Slam to the American Dream 2010-05-21T03:52:00Z But it also demolishes the workings of celebrity, parsing the way that gossip becomes currency in the fame business, rumour a gauge of spurious greatness. What makes The Great Gatsby great? 2013-05-03T18:00:00Z Or is it about an insidious welcome, a spurious inclusion, a learned pantomime of liberal friendliness, whose purpose is to disarm and defang grievance and relegitimise white class supremacy for the 21st century? Why Get Out should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Some of the document's spurious Roman names indelibly persist. History in the making: a Roman map… and an 18th-century hoax 2013-07-19T07:30:01Z When porcelain came up, bidders seemed possessed with a rage to buy, even when the spurious character of the wares was made clear in the catalog. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z A lawyer for Goddard has also denied the allegations, calling them spurious. 'X-Men' director Bryan Singer asks court to toss sex abuse lawsuit 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Otherwise reporters could have told you what I found: that most of the claims are spurious, even to the point that some of the accidents never even occurred. Why Didn't the Media Do a Better Job on Toyota 2010-07-22T16:20:00Z “These allegations against me, incidents that purportedly took place decades ago, are spurious and completely untrue,” Martins said at the time. Perspective | In wake of suit against New York City Ballet, audiences and funders should demand answers 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z In the end, he was not done in by spurious charges of racial insensitivity. “Stephen Colbert” is dead, long live Stephen Colbert! 2014-04-11T14:36:00Z Let’s follow him on his spurious, entirely arbitrary journey to see if his journey is what Robson Green hoped it might be. Stop it, Sherlock! Five TV tropes that need to die 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z I think I'll go with some of the girls from the office and we can hide behind the spurious veil of it being a research trip. Sex and the sequel 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z Their findings dramatically reinforced the growing suspicion that their profession’s claims to expertise were spurious. Psychiatry’s Legitimacy Crisis 2012-08-08T20:52:00Z He spent several years in internal exile after the Chinese authorities jailed him for 81 days on spurious charges of tax evasion and then refused to relinquish his passport. Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z But Mr Johnson responded by saying the committee's report was based on "spurious calculations and a partial consideration of how the arts are funded". Mayor warns against London arts cuts 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Various rival suggested authors have included fellow playwright Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, the Earls of Oxford and Derby, Francis Bacon and even a spurious suggestion that Elizabeth I might have influenced 'bardoltry'. In search of Shakespeare's ghosts 2011-07-14T07:42:46Z "Surely the Russian authorities will completely drop these spurious charges and allow the women, these artists, to get back to their lives and to their children," Sting said in a statement. Pussy Riot campaigners hope for Madonna's support 2012-08-04T23:06:24Z As for social commentary, the final shots – for which the director deserves to be slapped with a wet fish – are particularly spurious. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-06-16T23:05:42Z In the poem “Third,” she writes of another impossible landscape: “There is spurious mourning, night of the night.” In a Sister’s Elegies, Proof That the Art of Losing Can Bring Comfort 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Virginia passed its first anti-miscegenation law in 1691, partly to prevent what it called “spurious issue,” or what most people just call children. Review: In ‘Loving,’ They Loved. A Segregated Virginia Did Not Love Them Back. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z What happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears, judging by this spurious, somewhat cranky documentary by John Scheinfeld, is that the band faced the unforeseen consequences of its own bad decisions. ‘What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?’ Review: What Goes Up 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Want to add a sense of spurious authority to your film title? Rogue colons, endless ellipses: the worst grammar crimes in film titles 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z “It’s obviously not a work of scholarship, and I’m hoping it won’t become folklore like so many other spurious things with the Dahlia case.” Video Game to Play in Vintage Gumshoes 2011-05-06T20:13:40Z A stern logician, he lays out his opponents’ arguments in list form, refuting each spurious claim and applying point totals to quantify a suspect’s perceived guilt. Books of The Times: Crunch the Numbers; Solve a Famous Murder 2011-06-02T21:24:11Z The movie creates a spurious association between dissociation and mayhem that affects people without and those with the disorder.” Shyamalan takes an ax psychological atypicality in box office smash, “Split” 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z No false claims of clerical authority or spurious logical consistency will ever make its understanding of religion into a neat range of solutions. Our Church by Roger Scruton – review 2013-06-19T11:29:56Z In reality, he is relying on a widely discredited and spurious theory. White America’s toxic ignorance: Abigail Fisher, Antonin Scalia and the real privilege that goes unspoken 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Dismissing it all as a sexless fiction, she can then glorify a mixed bag of artists on the spurious grounds that they subvert something called "the nude". Naked or nude? Laying bare an artistic divide 2012-11-28T16:53:35Z While not all spurious ESAs wreak havoc, some do – with serious consequences. The number of fake assistance dogs is exploding – but who are the owners behind it? 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Like its predecessor, the new 300 presents a spurious clash of civilizations. Zack Snyder and the West Should Stop Killing Ancient Persians 2014-03-10T14:33:58Z He was initially arrested in December and made a statement describing the claims as "pernicious, callous, cruel and above all spurious". Retired judge to lead BBC Hall probe 2013-06-04T11:58:13Z Englishman Francis Galton—a cousin of Charles Darwin—started this whole spurious exercise in 1883 when he came up with the concept of eugenics. Hitler’s favorite American: “Biological fascism” in the shadow of New York City 2014-03-23T10:58:00Z It can be argued that Ailes’s political products were even more spurious than the emergency gold. 'It's easy to make someone a monster' - behind a Roger Ailes documentary 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Appealing to some ill-defined moral high ground is a spurious argument when you're trying to control people's private activities. 50 Shades of Grey matter: the psychology of sexual arousal 2012-08-08T12:01:00Z “But I think it was a spurious offer,” he said. Arthur Miller’s Screenplay ‘The Hook’ Finds a Home Onstage in England 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z This is just a spurious excuse to put up a video of a penguin on a treadmill. Video of the day: penguin on the treadmill 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Prince William is said to test those who purport to be friends by passing on spurious bits of information; if such items then appear in the press, he forever cuts ties with the loose-lipped offender. Ringmaster of the Royal Bachelor Party 2011-02-05T01:32:09Z One does not need advocate a return to the clean-cut conformity of the Eisenhower era to find the folderol being sold here fundamentally spurious. Review | Hipster style at its most annoying 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z But well-established scientific principles don’t lend themselves well to conversations in which I say something based on hard physical evidence and carefully analyzed data, and then you shoot back with a bunch of spurious nonsense. Stop giving equal time to pseudo-science! 2014-03-24T14:08:00Z When those text messages began appearing in media reports, Hammer called them “vicious and spurious online attacks against me.” LA police: Armie Hammer under sexual assault investigation 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z By the way, this aspect of the never-ending cycle dragging us back to all "Tropic Thunder"-related discourse demonstrates why likening Cooper's appearance in "Maestro" to Downey's character is a spurious act of trolling. Fifteen years later "Tropic Thunder" is a flawed comedy that we're still trying to agree on 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z He doesn’t find spurious poetry in other people’s pain or try to glean greater meaning from it. ‘Buoyancy’ Review: Enduring Horrors on the Sea, and Struggling to Survive 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z That sympathy is evident here too, though crucially, while he doesn’t demonize Marie Antoinette, he doesn’t turn her into a spurious feminist martyr. Movie Review: ‘Farewell, My Queen,’ Set at Versailles 2012-07-12T21:53:22Z “Here, there is no need for spurious gestures and inflections; everything is given with a supreme naturalness and a perfectly accommodated virtuosity that declare Freire a master pianist throughout.” Nelson Freire, Piano Virtuoso of Warmth and Finesse, Dies at 77 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Next time someone says “most dangerous city on earth”, I’ll pull a machine gun on them – that spurious claim was made over a quarter of a century ago, in Time magazine in March 1988. Medellín, Colombia: a miracle of reinvention 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Those who wish to stay should be put on a path to full citizenship, not expelled for spurious reasons. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Such spurious contortions do real damage to how we see and understand the world, offering consolation to Holocaust deniers and those who are unwilling to face history as it is. How fake news, hoaxes and humbug are about race 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “It is always possible that this was a spurious finding,” acknowledged the authors, from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Motherlode: The Science of Boys and Girls 2011-07-27T16:15:55Z At the time, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation said the claims were "utterly spurious, without legal or factual substance". Record estimate for Picasso work 2010-03-17T10:09:00Z In a statement the foundation said the claims were "utterly spurious, without legal or factual substance." 2006-11-07T17:07:00Z So firms risk being accused of "greenwashing" or facing potential legal challenges for spurious carbon offsets. Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonization efforts — here’s why 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z And they struck back, citing “spurious and fascist initiatives of those who think they are blackmailing international companies and brands.” Sketch mocking Chinese launches racism debate in Italy 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The claim is, of course, spurious – all he's done is admitted various dance music elements into his ultra-smooth sound. Usher: Looking 4 Myself – review 2012-06-09T23:05:38Z It seemed like a pretty spurious local angle to me – and I hadn’t, because my daughter was 3 and those stories are terrifying, so I said something to that effect. Adam Mansbach: My year on the bestseller list 2012-12-12T01:00:00Z But Rush’s lawyer, Sue Chrysanthou, said the decision to bring the “spurious” application appeared to be a tactical decision that would further delay proceedings. Geoffrey Rush virtually housebound and barely eats, court told 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Like the spurious right-wing myth of the self-made man, these stories elide the universal need for help. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z You can smell the desperation on them as they vainly fling together all manner of spurious statistics in the frantic hope that someone – anyone – will publicise their film. Don Cruella or Hook and his crooks: which Disney villain would serve the longest sentence? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Is this not to participate in a spurious fantasy of cultural seriousness? Damien Hirst's skull tasteless? That's the point 2011-02-22T16:29:42Z So they blame their lack of phenomenal success on spurious outside forces, which they shower with self-important consternation. Nick Kroll, John Mulaney and their geezer alter egos take on L.A. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Stelter shows, for example, how spurious attacks by Fox hosts led Trump to fire cabinet secretaries and shut down the federal government. The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z All of which I concluded were spurious intellectual ponderings wrapped up in brilliant literature. What books do you think prisoners should read? 2012-06-26T13:48:08Z Oddest of all were the spurious reasons offered as to why Daryl, Tara, Michonne and Rosita decided to embark upon two entirely separate, completely coincidental road trips. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode five recap – The King, the Widow and Rick 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z But the notion that there’s a greater social good here, as suggested by Biden’s cameo, is a bit spurious. Joe Biden's Cameo on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Played Up the Show's Flaws 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z He mostly sidesteps talking about spurious claims of election fraud. Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z It was alleged in June that its design was based on an presented to organisers in 2007, a claim Heatherwick dismissed as "spurious nonsense". Heatherwick receives critics' honour 2013-12-04T10:57:21Z So, with all this in mind, how do you tell spurious comments and reviews from genuine ones? Online book reviews are fantastic ? trust me 2011-03-07T11:00:01Z In one, we see him wake up one of her children to tell them about what sounds like a spurious career opportunity. Bad moms: why messy motherhood is finally being accepted on screen 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Photograph: esri.com Perhaps it was the spurious precision of the headline that caught my eye. The death of Web 2.0 is nigh 2011-08-06T23:06:05Z But the same kind of spurious correlation crops up in “cutting-edge” research, trying to match genes with schizophrenia, for example. Explosive growth in bulls**t studies! The latest academic frontier in the age of You Know Who 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s a spurious charge but one meant to address the wider historical swamp of race, influence and theft. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Then too, as Walter Kerr wrote in The New York Times of the 1980 production, the play falters badly in its second act, ginning up all sorts of spurious conflict to fill time. Review: Sound, or Silence? A Passionate Debate in ‘Children of a Lesser God’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Bradlee was naturally suspicious of assertions — by presidents, especially — that stories should be withheld on national security grounds, as demonstrated time and again by spurious claims, including in the Pentagon Papers case. The Ben Bradlee we knew: Friend, fierce editor and a truth-seeker above all Even those acting in the name of faith do so aware of its spurious logic and hypocrisy. Heresy by SJ Parris 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z But on the basis of the spurious, crudely sensational documentary “The Devil on Trial,” it isn’t for the director, Christopher Holt, to say what really happened, either. ‘The Devil on Trial’ Review: Whodunit? Satan? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Noting all the “pseudo-functional zips and buckles” on men’s weekend get-ups, he writes: “Men are into frippery as much as women, but they cloak it under spurious function.” Grayson Perry’s ‘The Descent of Man’: Deconstructing the Masculine Mystique 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Arévalo called the Attorney General’s Office’s actions against his party “spurious and unacceptable.” Guatemala prosecutors pursue president-elect and student protesters over campus takeover 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Immunization rates against measles in the U.K. have never fully recovered since spurious claims that linked the vaccine to autism were made by discredited British doctor Andrew Wakefield more than two decades ago. Measles deaths worldwide jumped 40% last year, health agencies say 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The Committee to Protect Journalists has called the charges against Kurmasheva “spurious,” saying her detention “is yet more proof that Russia is determined to stifle independent reporting.” ‘We want her back,’ husband of US journalist detained in Russia appeals for her immediate release 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Western governments accuse Tehran of detaining foreigners and dual nationals on spurious grounds to be used as bargaining chips. Iran: French tourist Louis Arnaud jailed for five years 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z "He was all over the place", Sir Patrick says, adding that Mr Sunak was using "increasingly specific and spurious arguments against closing hospitality". Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid on TV - ex-adviser 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z And yet the authors of the new paper “dismiss it, on spurious grounds.” Earth Reacts to Greenhouse Gases More Strongly Than We Thought 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The Committee to Protect Journalists called the charges against Kurmasheva “spurious,” saying her detention “is yet more proof that Russia is determined to stifle independent reporting.” Court orders Russian-US journalist to stay in jail another 6 weeks 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Virgin sued at the High Court in London, calling Brightline’s allegations “cynical and spurious.” Branson’s Virgin wins a lawsuit against a Florida train firm that said it was a tarnished brand 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The CCC alleged that since the election, more than a dozen people affiliated with its party, including MPs and councillors, have been arrested on spurious charges. Zimbabwe MPs lose seats because of fake letter 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Musk agreed to testify on Sept. 15, but two days beforehand raised "spurious objections" and said he would not appear. Analysis: Why the SEC might win its latest battle with Elon Musk 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z “Musk attempted to justify his refusal to comply with the subpoena by raising, for the first time, several spurious objections, including an objection to San Francisco as an appropriate testimony location.” SEC seeks court order to make Elon Musk to testify in probe of his Twitter acquisition 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z But then two days beforehand Musk raised "several spurious objections" and told the SEC he would not appear, the SEC said. Elon Musk's Twitter takeover being probed by SEC 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z In some cases, the consumer bureau said, debt collectors may use the prospect of damaged credit to strong-arm patients into paying what may be “spurious or false” medical bills that they don’t really owe. Consumer Agency Moves to Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z What’s more, even a tiny stray magnetic field could send a disproportionate number out the top of the trap, creating a spurious antigravity signal. Antimatter falls down, just like ordinary matter 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z XYY individuals were quickly dubbed “supermale,” however, and simplistic views of sex, gender and masculinity helped form a spurious and stigmatizing image of people with double Y syndrome. The Complete Human Y Chromosome Marks an Opportunity to Move Away from Stigma 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Ross said it shut down its platform in January 2021, citing the costs of the "spurious" litigation. Thomson Reuters AI copyright dispute must go to trial, judge says 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z DeSantis said he would seek to require plaintiffs to pay compensation when they bring spurious litigation against energy projects. Republican hopeful DeSantis slams EVs, climate "fear" in energy speech 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Ben Keith, a human rights lawyer, said he has dozens of cases of people contesting spurious diffusions and red notices since 2016, about half of them from China. Interpol at 100: A mixed legacy of hunting fugitives and merging police data from 195 countries 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z The third spurious elector who was indicted, Cathy Latham, is accused of helping others copy software and data from election equipment in south Georgia’s Coffee County. Special prosecutor will examine actions of Georgia’s lieutenant governor in Trump election meddling 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Human rights groups had called the charges spurious and their trial before an emergency state security court in Cairo a sham. Egypt president pardons rights activist Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohammed al-Baqer 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z "I would like nothing more than to address those spurious claims. I could actually spend the next two hours doing so, but on the advice of my lawyers I cannot comment further." Dan Wootton: GB News host admits 'errors of judgement' 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump and his allies peddled spurious claims of voter fraud, pressured officials in states he narrowly lost and recruited false slates of electors in those states. Target Letter to Trump Raises Possibility of Obstruction and Fraud Charges 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z What’s more, the commission found that it tends to generate spurious plea deals. High court upholds cash-free bail in Illinois, takes effect in September 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Tests in January by an Indian government laboratory found 22 samples of Marion-made syrups were "adulterated and spurious," the country's drug controller said in March. Exclusive: Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup - sources 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z He has also warned his conference that spurious impeachment charges would have no chance of seeing a conviction in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Divided House Sidesteps Biden Impeachment Vote but Starts Inquiry 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “Water polo is especially vulnerable to spurious charges of Title IX violations because most contact between players occurs underwater and contact is constant,” she said. UCI player accused of sexual assault during water polo match asks court to end probe 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The tribunal was unable to discern from the evidence "any credible explanation" for her boss's "tenacious pursuit and repeated dissemination of spurious, unwarranted and highly damaging allegations against the claimant". PSNI standards chief discriminated against deputy 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z According to the Home Office, Albania is a "safe and prosperous country" and many nationals "are travelling through multiple countries to make the journey to the UK" before making "spurious asylum claims when they arrive". Home Office starts ad campaign to deter Albanian migrants 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z "This is a spurious complaint," Campo told reporters as police were taking him to appear in court. Former anti-corruption prosecutor arrested in Guatemala 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has pushed back on allegations coming from GOP lawmakers that the Pentagon has embraced critical race theory and other so-called woke policies, calling it a “spurious conversation.” Key GOP lawmaker targets ‘woke’ policies at Pentagon, service academies 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Only one, Jennifer Heineman — Gardner’s second cousin, who barely knew him but used that spurious connection to amplify her attacks — exhibited some remorse and self-awareness. The truth behind a killing during George Floyd protests — and the lies that made it worse 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed last month by five Texas women whose lives were endangered by that state's near-total abortion ban underscores the spurious nature of so-called "abortion exceptions," as Common Dreams reported. North Dakota GOP approves near-total abortion ban after rejecting free school lunches 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z "Activists regularly make spurious allegations and provide unreliable and fraudulent evidence to back their claims." Rutland: I had a miracle escape, says trampled hunt saboteur 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z I alone have had 10 spurious court cases filed against me and my immediate family, enduring countless hours of interrogation and days in and out of courtrooms. Opinion | Tunisia can rebuild its democracy. Only its president stands in the way. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z That laughable concept has been undermined by the $787.5 million settlement, as he used KGB tradecraft when citing specificity to add credibility to spurious claims. Opinion | Undermining democracy for personal gain is reprehensible 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z "We often see people who are told they have celiac disease based on very spurious information." Celiac disease is on the rise. Why? 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z If Trump prevails in the case, he will likely tout it as another example of him beating what he sees as spurious claims about him, Conant said. Rape lawsuit trial puts spotlight back on Trump and women 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z They sow fear with spurious charges that No Labels is destined to spoil the election in Mr. Trump’s favor. Opinion | The common-sense majority is finding its voice 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He warned it could set a “dangerous precedent” and encourage “spurious complaints.” British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigns after bullying findings 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr Raab says the inquiry has set a "dangerous precedent", with the threshold for bullying set "so low" it could encourage "spurious complaints" and "have a chilling effect on those driving change". Dominic Raab: Civil servants express relief after resignation 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z It will encourage spurious complaints against ministers, and have a chilling effect on those driving change on behalf of your government - and ultimately the British people. Dominic Raab: Deputy PM's resignation letter in full 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “It will encourage spurious complaints against ministers and have a chilling effect on those driving change on behalf of your government — and ultimately the British people.” Dominic Raab, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister, Resigns Amid Bullying Scandal 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia cited the need to protect Russian speakers as part of his spurious justification for the war. Ukraine’s Social Media Stars Rethink How They Wield Their Influence 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The large size of the study could have actually led the investigators to find apparent spurious statistical links when drilling down to particular types of food allergies, Gern said. Living with cats or dogs may lower children’s risk of food allergies 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But if it’s not, its spurious logic, especially that “unborn child” language, opens a Pandora’s box with its misery and evil aimed at those who have long fought, with some success, for equality and equity. Column: It's not about babies. Abortion restrictions are about power. 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z "This spurious consortium formed by illegal miners and criminal organizations must be stopped as soon as possible," Mendes said in his ruling late on Tuesday. Brazil court backs crackdown on illegal gold mining in Amazon 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Machines usually fail in a patterned way, unable to engage in abstract reasoning and often making “spurious correlations,” he said. Can a Machine Know That We Know What It Knows? 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Ukraine - which was part of the Soviet Union and itself suffered devastation at the hands of Hitler's forces - rejects those parallels as spurious pretexts for a war of conquest. NATO slams Putin rhetoric on nuclear weapons in Belarus 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Ukraine - which was part of the Soviet Union and itself suffered devastation at the hands of Hitler's forces - rejects those parallels as spurious pretexts for a war of imperial conquest. Ukraine slams Putin plan to station Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave teachers unions cover as they avoided teaching and extorted benefits on spurious “public health” grounds. Opinion | With the Silicon Valley Bank rescue, welcome to capitalism without risk 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Maybe I’m straying too far into this topic, and I should shut up and not feed this beast, but I feel like there have been these somewhat spurious arguments about spontaneity. Netflix's twistiest thriller cut back on sex scenes. It's no 'morality panic,' says boss 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Police this month arrested three Marion employees after tests in a government laboratory found 22 of 36 syrup samples "adulterated and spurious". India prohibits use of propylene glycol from supplier linked to Uzbekistan deaths 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Doctors who do agree to perform abortions have been targeted with spurious legal complaints. Abortion may be legal in Argentina but women still face major obstacles 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z They’ve been slapped with spurious charges of “provoking trouble” and “insulting the country’s leaders.” Column: How I became a tool of China’s giant anti-American propaganda machine 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “It’s a spurious argument that we are not allowed to talk about ethics because there may or may not be some investigation going on,” Proctor said. Amid probe, Kansas lawmakers move to overhaul ethics agency 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z "I think he's withdrawn those remarks now. So they would have to find something pretty spurious." Jeremy Corbyn: Let Labour members decide his fate, ally says 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z It would have been less spurious to compare Monet’s paintings from London in 1870-1871, when he escaped the Franco-Prussian war, with his 1899 paintings of the same city. Perspective | Art history, not air pollution, explains changes in Monet’s paintings 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Trump's suit made the spurious allegation that all those people had "orchestrated a malicious conspiracy ... in the hope of ... rigging the 2016 Presidential Election in favor of Hillary Clinton." A federal court holds Trump accountable for his abuse of the law: Here's why that matters 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z His investigations and public hearings were a cavalcade of lies and spurious accusations. GOP claims it's creating a new Church Committee: The real historical parallel is Joe McCarthy 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Capitalism may save us from this particular faux scandal, even if the urge to "balance" the endless-but-real Trump controversies with a spurious Biden one is still kicking. The GOP is about to go wild with phony Biden investigations. The media must not take the bait 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Most information provided from official Soviet contacts is “spurious,” Angleton added. Once-secret files reveal new details of CIA’s divisive defector dispute 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z There followed arrests, flurries of spurious legal documents and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, all to the accompaniment of what neighbors describe as an ongoing din of gunfire on weekends. Moorish Americans take over a rural gun range, sparking a strange showdown 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z But the KGB transcript of his interrogation was used against Scharansky at his subsequent trial on spurious charges of treason. Robert Toth, L.A. Times reporter targeted by KGB, dies at 93 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The ministry said it was inspecting "drug manufacturing units" that were at risk of making non-standard, adulterated, or spurious drugs but did not name any company. India inspects drug factories as Gambia controversy lingers 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Mr Sunak has denied he would water down the definition of modern slavery and said he wanted to stop the system "being clogged up by people making spurious claims". Do not reduce UK's modern slavery protections, Theresa May warns 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z “They may seem sometimes spurious or odd or whatever — it’s because we have an emergency fire drill on our hands. That’s the reason.” Musk says he’ll find new Twitter CEO but keep control of key divisions 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “They may seem sometimes spurious or odd or whatever,” Musk said. Musk says Twitter in precarious position, defends cost cuts 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z In a motion to dismiss, lawyers for Varsity Spirit said the arguments around racketeering and other counts amount to “spurious claims” that fail to meet the legal basis necessary for the lawsuit to proceed. Cheer groups move to dismiss abuse case, racketeering claims 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Rather than engaging in serious intelligence-gathering and scientific analysis, congressional Republicans have already been weaponizing the inquiry to implicate honorable public health officials in a spurious web of conspiracy. Opinion | James E. Clyburn: Democrats have been focused on coronavirus spending oversight 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The prime minister said some people made “late and spurious” claims, and the new laws would end that option. PM challenged on figures of asylum cases 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The practice, which has grown somewhat more common in recent years, involves imprisoning a foreigner, usually on spurious or exaggerated charges, for the purpose of extracting concessions from that person’s government. In Hostage Diplomacy, It’s Often the Hostage-Takers Who Pay 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z State Department spokesman, in an earlier statement condemned the verdict in Lai’s fraud case, describing the charges as “spurious.” Hong Kong tycoon and democracy activist given 5-year sentence for fraud 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z "They will make all kinds of spurious investigations and they will try to intimidate you that way," the whistleblower said. Doctors raise safety fears at Birmingham hospitals 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Experts say some nations, most frequently China or Russia, are increasingly using “spurious science” and other bad-faith arguments as justification to block conservation measures that most other members support. China and Russia Continue to Block Protections for Antarctica 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Another, who alleged she was assaulted by a senior officer, said she then found herself facing misconduct allegations which she described as "spurious". Gwent Police horrified by racism claims, says commissioner 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Much of this country exhaled a collective “Whew!” this month after its narrow escape from yet another electoral nightmare: a wave of spurious challenges to various elections, and trumped-up charges of fraud. Opinion | This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for the wisdom of voters 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Most claims are spurious, courts say so, and claimants slink off the stage. Opinion | Sometimes a gadfly like this one in East Cleveland is just what democracy needs 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z They insist this is about quality control, rather than spurious blocking for political reasons. Labour left-wingers angry about being blocked as MP candidates 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “Russia’s lack of engagement, lack of ability to find consensus on this on the basis of really spurious arguments is a really dangerous precedent,” he said. China and Russia Continue to Block Protections for Antarctica 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z His actions have most likely slowed the spread of spurious fraud claims, but they have also fueled further suspicions of a government cover-up. Brazil Counted All Its Votes in Hours. It Still Faces Fraud Claims. 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Last year, he was convicted of "spreading false news" in a Facebook post - a charge human rights groups condemned as spurious - and sentenced to five years in prison. Alaa Abdel Fattah: British-Egyptian activist's family demand proof of life 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z "We have documented many cases where counter-terrorism legislation and other criminal provisions have been used to harass, arrest, detain and convict civil society actors in Türkiye, including Dr. Fincanci, on spurious grounds," they said. U.N. experts call for release of Turkish medical association head 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z He has been in jail for nine years and was sentenced to a further five years in 2021 on charges of "broadcasting false news" - a charge human rights groups condemned as spurious. COP27: Jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah begins 'water strike' 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z “So resolving this politicization of science and the use of spurious science to block consensus is a major issue and needs to be dealt with.” China and Russia Continue to Block Protections for Antarctica 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “But some towns think they can change zoning laws after we’ve applied for approval of a subdivision by coming up with spurious reasons why we can’t build.” Robert Toll, home developer who redefined suburbs, dies at 81 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z He has been behind bars for most of the past eight years, and is now serving a five-year sentence on a spurious charge of “broadcasting false news.” Opinion | In Egypt, don’t lose sight of the despot and his political prisoners 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z His latest five-year sentence was for allegedly "broadcasting false news" - a charge human rights groups condemned as spurious. Alaa Abdel Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist escalates hunger strike 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z They brandished spurious figures about the cost for Britain of remaining in the bloc. How Tumultuous Forces of Brexit Divided U.K.’s Conservative Party 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Even more reason for the council to fulfill its oversight role and thwart Congress’s spurious rationale for encroachment. Opinion | Why the D.C. Council’s oversight failings matter so much 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z "One can go on and on with the spurious, undocumented nature of these alleged data." Experts taken aback by Florida surgeon general advising against COVID vaccines for young men 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Plenty of Republican candidates embraced Trump’s spurious election claims after the fact as a way to sate the party base and win a GOP primary. Column: It's more than just a Senate race. Trump's Big Lie and the Jan. 6 riot are on Nevada's ballot 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Russian authorities first detained Mr. Kara-Murza in April on a spurious charge of spreading “false information” about the Russian military. Opinion | Nobel Prize winners made lonely choice to speak out against dictatorship 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z The experiment is much harder than it sounds, as several other factors could create a spurious asymmetry. Showdown: Two huge neutrino detectors will vie to probe matter’s origins 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z An occasional yard sign says “Trump 2024 or Before,” a reference to the former president’s spurious suggestions he could be reinstated into power. Biden’s mixed record forces some Dems into odd balancing act 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Ukraine and its allies call these votes a sham exercise, designed to give spurious legitimacy to an illegal annexation. Ukraine war: US says it takes Putin nuclear threat seriously 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Russian media are already releasing opinion polls claiming widespread support for joining Russia, but they are as spurious as the votes being held in the middle of a war, with no proper scrutiny or legitimacy. Why is Russia calling 'votes' in occupied Ukraine? 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The State Department strongly criticized Russia on Tuesday for making what it called “spurious allegations” that the United States operated clandestine biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. U.S. Rebukes Russia for Claims of Secret Bioweapons in Ukraine 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The Home Office said Albania is a "safe and prosperous country" and some nationals "are travelling through multiple countries to make the journey to the UK" before making "spurious asylum claims". Only 21 foreign nationals removed from UK under post-Brexit asylum rules 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z That has not stopped elected members of Congress from fanning spurious claims. I.R.S. undertakes a security review amid threats to the agency and its employees. 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z True or False: It is safer to interpret correlation coefficients as measures of association rather than causation because of the possibility of spurious correlation. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z Try “vaccines heavy metals” and you’ll find a slew of videos spouting spurious claims. The miseducation of Gen Z on TikTok 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Reed was also sentenced to nine years of imprisonment after he was convicted of assault, a charge his family considered to be spurious and politically motivated. Griner’s guilty verdict strengthens supporters’ resolve 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z One employee said the two sides are barely speaking to one another, and the no votes have started to lodge spurious HR complaints against organizers. What happened to the Apple union campaign? 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z European governments have accused Russia of throttling gas supplies on spurious pretexts in revenge for Western sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine. 'The turbine works': Germany's Scholz points finger at Russia in energy row 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z People inundating us with spurious claims of knowledge feel free to condemn to perdition those who doubt their authority. Opinion | Blaming social media for academia’s ruin misses a larger, darker truth 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Far-right candidates who have echoed former President Donald Trump's spurious stolen-election claims could win primaries in Arizona and Michigan on Tuesday, likely boosting the odds of Democratic victories in those battleground states this fall. Fringe candidates putting Republicans' U.S. Senate hopes at risk 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z They have also put up signs at several drop boxes in King County that warn of the legal penalties that await anyone who takes money to dump loads of spurious ballots. Ballot-surveillance shenanigans 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The U.S. government formally classifies Ms. Griner as “wrongfully detained,” meaning that it believes the charges against her are spurious. Brittney Griner’s case in Russia appears to be the latest example of ‘hostage diplomacy.’ 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The U.S. government classifies Ms. Griner as “wrongfully detained,” meaning that it believes the charges against her are spurious, perhaps intended to pressure Washington over its involvement in Ukraine. Brittney Griner’s Detention in Moscow Is Latest in Hostage Diplomacy 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z The EPA’s claimed carte blanche to order unlimited “generation shifting” is surely a spurious power. Opinion | The EPA decision is the biggest one of all, and the court got it right 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z “The Supreme Court was right to reject the spurious argument that this cruel policy is statutorily required,” she said in a statement. Supreme Court clears Biden to end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Some have also questioned the former president's mental fitness, suggesting that Trump cannot be trusted to steer the country in 2024 after spreading such spurious conspiracy theories about 2020. Fox News abruptly turns against Trump as Jan. 6 hearings leaves the MAGA-verse in shambles 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z They launched spurious lawsuits, pressured election officials, tried to corrupt the Department of Justice and strong-armed Vice President Mike Pence all in an attempt to overturn the election. Keep your hands on the wheel: What's real — or a distraction — about Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Could they defend the president for asking why the government was not seizing voting machines that his campaign lawyers had targeted with a spurious conspiracy theory involving Venezuela and its onetime leader Hugo Chávez? Analysis | What is defensible in the case against Trump? 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z However, just after the January 6 attack, which was largely incited by the former president's spurious claims of fraud, MacCallum called the riot "a huge victory for these protesters." Fox News host says Trump's election claims are supported by a "stunning” lack of evidence 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “Russia egregiously blocked the agreed catch limits citing spurious scientific concerns not recognized by any other member of the CCAMLR,” the U.K.’s foreign office said in a statement. Fishing feud at end of the world split US and UK over Russia 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Human rights groups had called the charge spurious and the trial a sham. Alaa Abdel Fattah detention: Truss to seek release of British-Egyptian activist 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Then the U.S. overthrew Saddam in 2003 on a spurious claim he was reassembling a nuclear weapons effort. No nukes? Ukraine-Russian war will shape world’s arsenals 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Some Trump advisers wanted the RNC to take a firmer stance and fire Riemer, who led the writing of the report, because he did not support many of the campaign’s more spurious claims. GOP spends millions on election volunteers to search for fraud 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z At worst, it may put people's lives at risk because doctors and patients may wrongly accept spurious claims about medical treatments, supplements and inadequately tested drugs—and invalid studies wrongly influence public policy. Predatory Journals That Publish Shoddy Research Put People’s Lives at Risk 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Maloney characterized some of those reasons as spurious and others as inaccurate while finding none of them valid. Rejecting explanations, House committee urges Daniel Snyder to testify 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Another spurious claim, also made by the president angrily in Philadelphia, is that inflation “is worse everywhere but here.” Biden’s false claims soaring faster than prices at the pump 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Reporters have been arrested and hauled before the courts on spurious charges in cases that can drag on for months or years. Zimbabwe Court Convicts Reporter for The New York Times 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Richard Donoghue, the former No. 2 Justice Department official, said there were so many spurious claims that it was difficult to discredit them all. Takeaways from second day of Trump Jan. 6 hearings 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z But direct evidence for WIMPs has been elusive, despite decades of looking for them in particle accelerators and exquisitely sensitive detectors buried deep underground to minimize spurious signals from cosmic rays and other sources. Astronomers Might See Dark Matter by Staring into the Void 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z He was soon arrested on spurious charges and remains unjustly imprisoned. Opinion | After being poisoned, Vladimir Kara-Murza deserves answers 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The ambassador said that “advocacy changes laws, it lifts up the names of prisoners, provides lawyers to fight against spurious charges, and pushes governments including our own, to do the right thing.” Blinken vows U.S. will ‘stand up’ for religious freedom around globe 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z On April 11, my husband, Vladimir Kara-Murza, was arrested by Moscow police on spurious charges of “failing to obey the orders of law enforcement.” Opinion | My husband is in a Russian jail for speaking the truth 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z International human rights groups have condemned the measure for prompting arbitrary arrests of men on spurious grounds that they have gang affiliations, and for what they claim are violations of due process. El Salvador extends state of emergency to tackle gangs 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z It can provide answers we deem “correct” by chance, based on spurious correlations in the data set, or because we are too generous in our interpretation of its outputs. Look behind the curtain: Don’t be dazzled by claims of ‘artificial intelligence’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The label said there was "no truth" in what it described as "spurious" claims. Tribunal dismisses racial discrimination claims against dance label R&S Records 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z In 2003, the US and UK chose to bypass the UN - and much of world opinion - by invading Iraq on spurious grounds, leading to years of violence. Ukraine - the narrative the West doesn't hear 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z These claims are as spurious as those from the right who claim that their freedom of speech has been violated because Twitter has banned them. No, Disney’s freedom of speech wasn’t violated. Neither was yours. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z He went on to call the paintings, “too overpowering, too decadent, too spurious, and, really, too well done to be dealt with in measured words.” Review | Neo-Romanticism fell out of fashion. It’s time for another look. 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Within hours, he was arrested near his Moscow apartment building on spurious charges of not obeying a police officer. Opinion | In the case against Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russia turns truth into a crime 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z “That these explanations were completely spurious,” Gates and Curran argue, “is not important.” Review | From 1741, bizarre ideas about what made people Black 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “Why did Sen. Mike Lee advise spurious legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election?” Lee worked hard to overturn election, keep Trump in power, texts show 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z No; it means paintings and movies are different from one another, not comparable art forms in some spurious contest of cultural greatness. Review: Movies are the 20th century's greatest art form. So says this ludicrous LACMA exhibition 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Decadent, spurious and yet well executed — a concise summation of the weaknesses and strengths of Neo-Romanticism. Review | Neo-Romanticism fell out of fashion. It’s time for another look. 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Mr. Kara-Murza was taken to court and sentenced to 15 days in jail on this spurious charge. Opinion | Vladimir Kara-Murza’s arrest is spurious. The dictatorship is real. 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z A: I lead by example, and I will not be appointing any of those spurious additional political appointees that were created at the end of the last administration because I don’t think they’re needed. Census Bureau must engage more with undercounted groups, director says 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z On Dec. 20, 2021, he was sentenced to another five years in Cairo’s Tora prison on spurious “broadcasting false news” charges related to a social media post. Opinion | A voice of the Arab Spring is being wrongfully detained. Let him go free. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z That allegation was dismissed by Ethiopian authorities as “a completely unfounded and spurious verdict against the Ethiopian government.” Rights groups charge ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z “All based on spurious accusations about fake ethical problems or partiality,” Mr. McConnell said. Art of the recusal: Supreme Court justices face calls not to hear certain cases 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z But he said in a previous statement to Science that all the complaints were “false, unfounded, contrived, and spurious.” Mexican scientists outraged over dismissals of sexual harassment cases 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z And while Fed researchers believe the predictive power of the spread to signal a recession is "probably spurious," suggesting other yield curve measures are better, the spread's track record as a recession indicator is punchy. Morning Bid: A 1-2 punch from the bond markets 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The Virginia assembly imposed its own ban on interracial marriage in 1691, condemning the “abominable mixture and spurious issue” that resulted. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Fridman has previously described the sanctions against him over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a special military operation, as "spurious and unfounded." Freeze and seize? EU struggles to target oligarchs' assets 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z To lay the groundwork for such an attack, the Kremlin has been leveling “spurious accusations that the U.S. was supporting Ukraine’s chemical weapons program,” Thomas-Greenfield said. U.S. backs Zelensky's efforts to negotiate with Putin 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The government is also considering capping the legal costs claimants can apply for, or requiring people who sue to prove "actual malice" in libel cases, in a bid to halt spurious claims. Dominic Raab vows to stop oligarchs using courts to silence critics 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Cawthorn’s attorneys argued that the challengers lack standing to appeal the decision and further objected to the “spurious accusations” behind the effort against the congressman. Legal window closing on activists seeking to boot Cawthorn off the ballot for Jan. 6 riot 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Calling ESG concerns "spurious and morally weak", Agency Partners said in a note that the EU taxonomy debate had clouded the investability and valuations of defence stocks. Defence firms ramp up pitch to exit sustainability wilderness 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Friess, Chesebro, and Olsen allegedly liaised in similar capacities, drafting directives to have federal agencies seize voting machines and ginning up spurious legal theories about how the Electoral College could be reshuffled in Trump's favor. The Trump investigations: What happened to them? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z The two businessmen said they would "contest the spurious and unfounded basis for the imposition of these sanctions - vigorously and through all means available to them". Russia oligarchs: The mega-rich men facing global sanctions 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z International outrage over the new invasion of Ukraine and its spurious justification suggests that Putin can no longer capitalize on war memory on the international stage. ‘Denazification,’ Putin style 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Every speaker emphasized personal connections to Trump, no matter how spurious, while others adopted his aggrieved tone and patented hand gestures. At CPAC, Ukraine and Policy Take a Back Seat to Cultural Grievances 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z We need to understand what might be coming, what might be portrayed as some sort of spurious justification for an attack, for an invasion, and not take things at all at face value. Ukraine and Russia trade accusations of shelling and ceasefire violations – live updates 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Russian government officials moved quickly to accuse the west of hysteria and argue that the withdrawal of troops showed that Nato warnings of an invasion were spurious. Boris Johnson warns threat of Russian invasion of Ukraine remains but hopes for ‘diplomatic opening’ – UK politics live 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Russian government officials moved quickly to accuse the West of hysteria and argue that the withdrawal of troops showed that Nato warnings of an invasion were spurious. Ukraine crisis: Russia says it is returning some troops to base in possible de-escalation – live news 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Moyo's lawyers, who have always argued that the charges against him are spurious, said they would immediately apply to have the case dismissed. Zimbabwe Abruptly Closes Prosecution of Reporter for New York Times 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, right-wing politicians and pundits suddenly began to amplify the entirely spurious claim that President Biden is using federal funds to distribute "crack pipes" to "advance racial equity." Is Joe Biden handing out crack pipes? Despite right-wing Twitter frenzy, not really 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z GOP critics say the Biden administration is flouting the court and squandering a proven enforcement tool that discourages spurious asylum claims, pointing to MPP’s role in breaking the momentum of the 2019 border surge. ‘Remain in Mexico’ is back under Biden, with little resemblance to the Trump version 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Another Model Y owner, who reported installing FSD in October 2021, said they “immediately” experienced issues with Autopilot and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control after the update was installed, including “spurious forward collision warnings.” Tesla owners report dozens of instances of ‘phantom braking’ 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Russian government officials moved quickly to accuse the West of hysteria and argue that the withdrawal of troops showed that Nato warnings of an invasion were spurious. Ukraine crisis: Russia says it is returning some troops to base in possible de-escalation – live news 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Both cases circle a running theme: panicked and spurious stories that get youth culture very wrong. John Darnielle: musician, novelist, ethicist of the lurid 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z This is when an industry begins to raise spurious points criticizing the scientific body of evidence proving that something they want to do should be curtailed, whether through the law or other means. "We're 15 years too late": Endocrine-disrupting plastic additive BPA is still in everything 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z But he was told "spurious" claims from immigration officials pressuring him to do the interview earlier than promised. Novak Djokavic: How tennis player won visa row court case 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Predictably, Trump rose to the bait, issuing four angry statements from his exile in Mar-a-Lago, all renewing his spurious claims. Column: The lesson of Jan. 6: Jan. 6 still isn't over 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Curators turn a blind eye to obviously spurious provenances when purchasing antiquities looted from war-torn nations or unauthorized excavations. Review | ‘Art & Crime’ looks at the forgeries, thefts and manipulations that plague the art world 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Multiple former advisers testified during his first impeachment in 2019 that Trump had withheld aid from Ukraine to force that country's government to launch a spurious investigation into Biden's son Hunter. Ted Cruz says GOP will impeach Biden if it retakes House whether it’s “justified or not” 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z But this leaves us vulnerable to hallucinating spurious causes in haphazard noise. Three ways to be more rational this year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z “Bolsonaro is against the vaccine and his employee, the health minister, believes that health is a matter of public opinion. It is a spurious and nonsensical approach,” Vecina told the AP. Should kids be vaccinated? Brazil turns to online survey 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Universities themselves have been among the employers taken in by spurious credentials. Growing ‘maze’ of education credentials is confusing consumers, employers 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Human rights groups had called the charges spurious and the trial a sham. Alaa Abdel Fattah: Leading Egyptian activist jailed for five years 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Daniels advocates reforms to make scientific research more open, transparent and verifiable, to begin repairing credibility damaged by conflicts of interest, foreign influence and too many overhyped, unreproducible and spurious research studies. Opinion | How higher education can counter the dangerous weakening of American self-governance 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Ministers want to introduce a new legal test which would allow judges to block what the government says are "spurious" cases making it to court. UK to unveil Human Rights Act reform proposals 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Republicans in Wisconsin have repeatedly called for investigations into spurious allegations of election fraud over the past year. Wisconsin election "audit" run by conservative group finds no evidence of fraud 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z But he's also withheld thousands more — and refused to sit for a deposition scheduled for Wednesday — using claims of executive privilege that the committee says are spurious at best. Jan. 6 committee says it has "no choice" but to advance contempt charges against Mark Meadows 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z "Recent developments in Guatemala regarding threats and spurious legal actions against journalists, human rights defenders and anti-corruption champions are cause for concern," Zeya said in a statement from the U.S. U.S. flags concerns for journalists and corruption fighters in Guatemala 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z In one sentence, Lynn Fitch demonstrated the spurious nature of her argument. Opinion | Why we need ‘Roe’ 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Across the United States, adults are resisting shots out of mistrust stemming from how quickly the vaccines rolled out, questions about possible side effects or in many cases fear driven by spurious rumors. Ollie the dog helps U.S. kids with vaccine hesitancy one jab at a time 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Some researchers suggest that the higher death rate among men is spurious, an unrelated curiosity. Opinion | An Unsolved Mystery: Why Do More Men Die of Covid-19? 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Even as his supporters faced the consequences of their actions, they echoed the president’s never-ending false claims and came up with their own spurious theories about stolen ballots that they shared in their communities. After Jan. 6, threats and disinformation take hold across the U.S. Since the spring, his government has arrested at least three dozen leading opposition figures, including seven potential presidential candidates, on what are widely viewed as spurious charges. Nicaragua’s Ortega cruises to reelection after jailing opponents 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Some Democrats say that approach was insufficient given the conservative media’s daily amplification of spurious claims about classroom instruction on race as well as broader lingering frustrations among parents about schooling during the pandemic. Rough Night for Democrats Exposes the Party’s Weakness 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z “Vice President Pence rejected the spurious legal theories that were pitched to him, and he did his duty,” Mr. Jacob wrote. Trump Lawyer Blamed Pence for Violence as Rioters Stormed Capitol 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z "We are not going to allow these digital militias to try again to destabilize the elections, the democratic institutions, backed by spurious and undeclared financing," Moraes said from the bench. Electoral court clears Bolsonaro, judge warns of fake news crackdown in 2022 vote 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Bannon’s suggestion that the subpoenaed documents and communications are properly covered by executive privilege is spurious at best. Column: Don't be too sure about the DOJ's 'duty' to indict Bannon 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z She denied the charges and UN human rights experts described them as "spurious". Newcastle United: Why is Saudi Arabia-led takeover controversial? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Each one with make spurious claims of executive privilege. Will the mainstream media ever face its failure to tell the truth about Jan. 6? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Even the spurious rants of anti-vaxxers play into the soundtrack that we can’t trust technology to improve our health and well-being. Like the wide-eyed kid I was at the World’s Fair, I still believe tech can lift the human spirit 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The complaints are “false, unfounded, contrived, and spurious,” he wrote in a statement he shared with Science after receiving a detailed list of questions. ‘I gave up a dream.’ Women accuse famed plant geneticist of sexual harassment 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Cindy Blackstock from the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society said the ruling was "a complete rejection of all the government's spurious arguments, and a complete win for kids." Canada indigenous children's compensation order upheld 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z But across the country, they have clogged court dockets with those arguments, filing spurious lawsuits and burying county clerk offices in flurries of fake deeds, liens and other documents. She Bought Her Dream Home. Then a ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Changed the Locks. 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z But such practices often conceal what’s modern about them with spurious claims to represent some timelessly “authentic” tradition. I’m an Art Therapist. Am I Guilty of Cultural Appropriation? 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Mastercard said the “spurious” claim was being driven by lawyers and backed by organisations “primarily focused on making money for themselves”. UK court sets scene for $14 billion-plus class action against Mastercard 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Opiyo, who was later released on bail, called the charges “spurious.” Special Report-How a little-known G7 task force unwittingly helps governments target critics 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The idea that political candidates should be allowed to use campaign money to pay for a legal defense is grounded in the reality that elected officials do occasionally face spurious lawsuits and politically motivated investigations. NY law has long let officials use campaign funds for defense 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z He said the charges against his daughter were spurious. Myanmar's political crisis is fueling an 'uncontrolled' outbreak of COVID-19 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z But many relatives of those imprisoned say they were sentenced on spurious charges, and experts caution that the opacity of the Xinjiang legal system is a red flag. AP looks inside China’s largest detention center in Xinjiang 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z "The mood of Welsh people is not a mood of thirsting for some spurious freedom day," he said. Covid: Plans for fewer rules in Wales to be revealed 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Commentators have struggled to make the court’s analysis intelligible to non-lawyers, with many calling the reasoning spurious and the evidence flimsy. Perspective | The Cosby case shows that we don’t have rule of law. We have rule by prosecutor. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z “The movants believe that it is important not only to reject plaintiffs’ spurious and thinly developed First Amendment defenses, but to do so on grounds that preserve the effectiveness of political-intimidation statutes generally,” they added. Trump’s First Amendment defense against Jan. 6 lawsuits is ‘spurious,’ legal experts say 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “We don’t embrace critical race theory and I think that’s a spurious conversation.” Republicans erupt over professor pushing critical race theory at Air Force Academy 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z But District Judge Rod Hine said arguments relating to Magna Carta were "spurious" and not for the court to decide and said he was "quite satisfied that there was a serial breach of regulations". Plymouth coffee shop fined £42K for Covid breach 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Thinking the charges against him spurious and his long track record of success in the classroom and marketplace solid insurance, Mr. Peterson said he “misjudged his peril.” Education groups decry ‘cancel culture,’ ‘wokeism’ on college campuses 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Carson’s allegations were spurious, Bunch would insist, and he harbored no animosity toward the man who leveled them. A rebel lawyer accused California cops of corruption. Then they accused him of murder 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z "But there is absolutely no correlation between, or a spurious correlation between, crime rates going up and budgets being cut." Evolution of the 'defund the police' movement: How has it changed? 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z He got word that his mother and brother were arrested on spurious charges, a common occurrence for family of Uyghur activists abroad. As Dictators Target Citizens Abroad, Few Safe Spaces Remain 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The list begins with Trump, who with the disingenuous support of congressional Republicans advanced spurious constitutional claims to stall for time and keep the truth bottled up. Column: Whatever Trump's White House counsel finally testifies to, it won't be enough 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z “Mr. Black emphatically denies each and every spurious allegation put forth in this lawsuit and looks forward to disproving them in court.” Woman's lawsuit accuses Leon Black of defamation, violent behavior 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The only reason this person would not be vaccinated is because she is opposed on spurious ideological grounds. Is It OK to Ask Health Care Providers if They’re Vaccinated? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z By contrast, eight Republican senators and 139 Republican representatives voted against certifying the 2020 election, based on spurious allegations of widespread voter fraud. Opinion | The GOP’s candidate for Virginia governor pivots on the ‘big lie’ 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Many online also tried to draw spurious connections between the destruction and last summer's Black Lives Matter protests. Far right pundits celebrate Israeli bombing of AP, BBC, Al Jazeera offices in Gaza 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z In his Sunday statement, Mr. Kwon said that the administration’s talk of diplomacy was “a spurious signboard for covering up its hostile acts.” North Korea Warns Biden Against ‘Hostile Policy’ 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z A Space Command spokeswoman said a review was underway to determine what caused the spurious warning. SpaceX Makes First Nighttime Splash Down With Astronauts Since 1968 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Possibly she thought it was your inquiry that reflected a “spurious ideology.” Is It OK to Ask Health Care Providers if They’re Vaccinated? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Individual scientists are far from infallible; they can be fooled by subtle mistakes, haunted by spurious conclusions or even become so ideologically wedded to a belief they bend facts to fit that preconception. COVID Has Created a Perfect Storm for Fringe Science 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s patently spurious to compare their infrastructure challenges with those of the United States. Opinion | No, America’s infrastructure is not ‘crumbling’ 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z They, therefore, stood no chance of succeeding in their completely spurious claim... far from 'winning' this case, they had no choice but to drop it when they realised they hadn’t a leg to stand on.” Palantir: NHS says future deals 'will be transparent' 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Instead, states like Mississippi and Arkansas prefer to focus on transgender athletes, demonizing them as some sort of spurious group plotting the downfall of women’s sports. Column: Trans athletes a non-issue but discrimination real 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z But the Bail Project’s experience gives the lie to the bail bond industry’s spurious claims. Editorial Roundup: Michigan 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z “Making such information widely available would help counter spurious Chinese narratives of American actions as the root cause of instability in the Western Pacific. Both outcomes are in our national interest,” he said. Spy agency to cast China’s clandestine military buildup into daylight 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z In January, Hammer pulled out of a new film, Shotgun Wedding, with American actress and singer Jennifer Lopez after what he described as "vicious and spurious online attacks against me". Armie Hammer: US actor accused of rape 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z At the time, Hammer said the allegations were “bull— claims” that were both “vicious and spurious.” Armie Hammer under investigation by LAPD sex crime detectives 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z A Wednesday evening virtual town hall featured a presentation by the conservative-aligned Election Integrity Project California, where speakers listed spurious allegations of voter fraud in line with Donald Trump and his supporters. Covid-fatigued California's effort to recall Newsom may be a rallying cry for Republicans 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Ressa is not alone in the Philippines: Sen. Leila de Lima, for instance, this month entered her fifth year in jail for spurious drug charges. Opinion | An online assault on a female journalist in the Philippines is a worldwide warning 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Hathloul was detained in May 2018 and sentenced in December to nearly six years in prison on charges that United Nations rights experts called spurious. Saudi court upholds rights activist al-Hathloul's sentence at appeals hearing 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z But UN human rights experts described the charges as "spurious". Loujain al-Hathloul: Saudi activist 'loses appeal against sentence' 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Democrats called their colleagues’ attacks on Gupta spurious and partisan in their own right. Republicans confront civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta in confirmation hearing for high-level Justice Dept. post 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z When he returned to Russia on Jan. 17, he was detained and sentenced to prison on what U.S. officials described as spurious charges. U.S., European Union to sanction Russia for targeting Alexei Navalny 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z He labeled Yan’s work “misleading” and cited “questionable, spurious, and fraudulent claims.” Scientists said claims about China creating the coronavirus were misleading. They went viral anyway. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Congress eventually impeached Johnson after he disregarded the Tenure of Office Act and fired Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, including a few unrelated, but equally spurious, accusations. What connects Trump's two acquittals: The profound danger of the "Dershowitz precedent" 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The label said there was "no truth" to his "spurious" and "damaging" claims. Dance label R&S Records accused of racial discrimination 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “Let’s say … it turns out these allegations were spurious or not true,” Waterstone said. The Angels are within their rights to fire Mickey Callaway, so why haven't they? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “For 45 Republican senators to vote for a spurious constitutional objection to the coming impeachment trial was deeply, deeply irresponsible,” said Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. Dems taking big risk with Trump impeachment trial, pundits warn 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Mr Navalny accuses Mr Putin of targeting him with spurious cases. Alexei Navalny: Poisoned Putin critic Navalny to be kept in custody 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z A handful of lawmakers decided that in light of the day’s terrorizing events, they could no longer back the president’s spurious claims that the election was stolen and vote against certifying the results. How Trump’s Allies Are Still Defending Him: Denial, Deflection, Disinformation 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z And the brothers are not challenging the spurious dichotomy that the Supreme Court concocted in 1938. Opinion | It’s time for the Supreme Court to curb one of its worst precedents 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z He fought the result in court with dozens of spurious lawsuits that he lost. Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol, disrupting electoral count 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z They know Trump’s spurious claims of election fraud went nowhere in the courts, even when they came before judges the president appointed. Column: Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley are torching the Constitution to further their own presidential ambitions 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z The network has spent four years fawning over Trump, and promoting sometimes spurious stories about his rivals over the past four years. The fall of Fox?: how rising rightwing media outlets could topple the conservative giant 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, however, argued Republicans didn’t vote for any similar motions while they were in the majority and are simply trying to protect a “spurious action.” ‘Run the floor’: McCarthy says House Republicans will leverage thinner Democratic majority 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z On the other side are sycophants who supported Trump’s spurious legal challenges to the election result but apparently draw the line at treason. Opinion | Trump is an authoritarian wannabe. He must never hold power again. 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z I was stunned to learn that he supported and signed on to the spurious Texas lawsuit to overturn the fair and free elections of four states that voted for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Opinion | Subverting an election has consequences 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Human rights groups have described conditions in both countries as intolerable and condemned the ever increasing numbers of detainees, often rounded up for spurious reasons and disappeared for years. 10 years on, the Arab spring's explosive rage and dashed dreams 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The G.O.P. sought to undo the vote by such spurious means that the Supreme Court quickly rejected the argument. ‘An Indelible Stain’: How the G.O.P. Tried to Topple a Pillar of Democracy 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The UK government has repeatedly accused human rights lawyers of bringing vexatious claims, but the ICC says it is "disingenuous to describe the entire body of claims, involving hundreds of claimants, as baseless or spurious". Court finds UK war crimes but will not take action 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z There were baseless rumors about Mr. Biden’s health, unfounded questions about the citizenship of Ms. Harris and spurious claims about the business dealings of Mr. Biden’s son Hunter. How Joe Biden’s Digital Team Tamed the MAGA Internet 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z But the quantity of affidavits, lawsuits and claims made by Trump belies that they are spurious or often repetitive of arguments already rejected by judges and elections officials, some of them Republicans. EXPLAINER: Trump’s failing, monthlong fight against election 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z At the heart of concerns, however, is that the trial’s most promising result of 90% comes from a sub-group analysis - a technique many scientists say can produce spurious readings. Analysis: Questions over AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine data risk delaying approval 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z No doubt some such claims are spurious, an effort to get an advantage in a custody dispute or financial settlement, but many ring true. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z They gave credibility to any rumor, however spurious, which was unfavorable to Trump. The ruling elite's war on truth: America's leaders are increasingly disconnected from reality 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Those who persevere are harassed by the police or charged with spurious crimes. They Championed Venezuela’s Revolution. They Are Now Its Latest Victims. 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Some Trump allies fear that Giuliani is encouraging the president to continue a spurious legal fight because he sees financial advantage for himself in it. Giuliani reportedly sought $20,000 a day for Trump legal work 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z In the week since Election Day, Trump has refused to concede and has publicized spurious claims of fraud to overshadow the result. Chaotic presidential transition brings vulnerability, security risks to nation 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The spurious suggestion of fraud is the latest in the president’s strategy to question the results of the presidential election, in which former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner on Saturday. L.A. voters loved mail-ballot drop boxes. Trump? Not so much 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The report said his willingness to believe McCarrick’s denial was likely influenced by his experience in his native Poland when the communist government used “spurious allegations against bishops to degrade the standing of the Church”. Report into disgraced ex US cardinal shows failings by popes, top clerics 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Claims of widespread electoral fraud would be spurious even if they weren’t made by a prating fool in front of a Philadelphia landscaping firm. Opinion | The election is over, but there’s no end to Republican bad faith 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z A number of spurious legal challenges remain outstanding as well. Goodbye Trump, hello Biden: how America is waving goodbye to a shocking, shameful era 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Utah Sen. Mitt Romney's statement on the matter was so useless it completely failed to mention the main perpetrator of these spurious allegations: Trump. What "reasonable" Republicans? GOP leaders are boosting Trump's attack on democracy 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Ellis said U.S. personnel may have heard disparaging rumors about Cienfuegos, but such information often proves spurious. U.S. arrest of former Mexican defense chief tests anti-drug alliance 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z "I spent the next two years defending myself from a series of spurious allegations instead of being allowed to modernize that office and its mission." Why a top Pentagon civilian just lost his job 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Making exact choices based on inexact information is what data scientists call “spurious precision.” Opinion | There ought to be an element of chance in this elite school’s admissions 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “And that’s not what was needed. What was needed was clarification and a deepening of understanding about the problem, not some spurious estimate of effect size.” Researchers face hurdles to evaluate, synthesize COVID-19 evidence at top speed 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z It also noted in a statement that the “spurious arguments put forward by Tiffany are completely unfounded.” LVMH files countersuit against Tiffany over $14.5B deal 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z With time running out, some of Trump’s attacks have become more spurious, including an assertion that Biden may be on drugs during the debate. Analysis: In debate, a last chance for Trump to define Biden 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Because there is an obvious difference here, and the fact that so many of you cannot — more accurately, will not — acknowledge it renders spurious and specious your professed concern about urban crime. Let’s talk Chicago 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z The spurious distinction was that the Scalia vacancy arose with a president and a Senate majority of opposing parties; now, Republicans control both the White House and Senate. Opinion | Ramming through Ginsburg’s replacement would be a disaster for the country 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian lawmaker called his campaign “DemoCorruption,” making an array of spurious allegations — including some that Giuliani helped publicize in the United States — against Biden and U.S. officials who worked with him. U.S. sanctions Ukrainian lawmaker tied to Giuliani as ‘active Russian agent’ 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The curriculum was shelved last year over alleged left-wing bias and spurious allegations against Israel. Blue states rebel against Trump’s bid to teach ‘American exceptionalism’ 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Part of that conversation should focus on dropping the spurious charges against Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai and others who have been caught up in China’s repressive tactics in Hong Kong. Opinion | The Vatican should speak up on China’s repression in Hong Kong and beyond 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Her home country, Sudan, was on a list of countries whose nationals were banned from applying to the diversity visa lottery earlier this year, for spurious “national security” reasons. Perspective | Trump treats naturalization like a game show prize 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z A government statement said the deaths were due to “spurious” liquor, and ordered a crackdown on illegal alcohol manufacturing in the state. Tainted alcohol in India kills dozens, spurring authorities to conduct over 100 raids 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Special counsel Robert Mueller’s main witness, former White House counsel Don McGahn, had refused to show up based on a spurious legal doctrine of “absolute immunity.” Perspective | The moment impeachment managers realized how corrupt Trump’s defense was 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Theirs is a chorus of hope that drowns out the spurious attacks of a disreputable man and his sycophants. Opinion | Alexander Vindman: Coming forward ended my career. I still believe doing what’s right matters. 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z A state government statement said the deaths were due to “spurious” liquor and a crackdown on illegal alcohol manufacturing in the state was ordered. Indian police say tainted liquor kills at least 21 people 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Under Mr. Xi, who rose to power in 2012, the Chinese authorities have investigated or detained scores of lawyers, journalists and scholars who have challenged the party line, often on spurious charges. A Chinese Tycoon Denounced Xi Jinping. Now He Faces Prosecution 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z In an interview with Chris Wallace, which aired Sunday on Fox News, Trump harped on a favorite spurious argument about testing and lied about the country's global rank in the metric. Trump moved his convention speech to flout virus restrictions. He just canceled it over health risks 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z They knew the grounds were spurious, that Saddam did not “imminently” threaten Britain. The Iraq war is finally getting some proper scrutiny – from a TV programme | Simon Jenkins 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Mexican journalists recently exposed that his administration was using Twitter bots and spurious social media accounts to attack journalists. Op-Ed: Mexico's president and Trump have this in common: They both trample human rights 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z One of them, Bank of the Philippine Islands, issued a statement saying claims that the company was a client were “spurious.” Wirecard’s Ex-C.E.O., Markus Braun, Is Arrested in Germany 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Wirecard said there was evidence of "spurious" figures intended "to deceive the auditor". Wirecard shares slump over missing €1.9bn 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The world’s most sensitive dark-matter experiment might have found a hint of the stuff — although the data it has collected so far could be a statistical fluctuation or a spurious signal. Daily briefing: Coronavirus breakthrough — first drug shown to reduce deaths 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The campaign could start anew with revised language, but with no assurance that the attorney general and the Supreme Court would not come up with another spurious objection. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z As a commentator once put it, the proliferation of spurious claims is like “the releasing of dummy hares for serious researchers to waste their time and energy chasing.” Which Experts Should You Listen to during the Pandemic? 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Just two days ago she was subjected to an online hate campaign calling for her arrest in response to her tweet in support of a pregnant Muslim women arrested under spurious terrorism charges. Bollywood's silence on domestic issues leads to accusations of hypocrisy 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z However, cloud data sets derived from multiple satellites over several decades suffer from spurious artefacts related to changes in satellite orbit, instrument calibration and other factors3. Short-term tests validate long-term estimates of climate change 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Trump also claimed without basis that “if somebody wants to be tested right now, they’ll be able to be tested”, echoing a spurious claim he made way back on 6 March. 'Don't ask me. Ask China': Trump clashes with reporters then abruptly leaves press briefing 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z But in a response to the complaint filed Thursday, the Beverly Hills agency disputed the claims as spurious. Paradigm calls former agent's allegations of company funds paying for prostitutes 'pure fabrication' 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Along with the spurious dig at Obama, who was born in Hawaii, the tweet also traded on stereotypes of Africans living in huts. 'We won't see coronavirus here' ... and other gems from Trump's new press secretary 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z In recent days, the World Health Organization and other authorities began working to debunk spurious claims about possible cures. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Among the myriad, and often spurious, explanations for the market’s abrupt change of mood, I think there is a compelling explanation: the Fed. The Fed Has Awesome Powers. But It Is Fighting a Virus. 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The World Health Organization and other authorities are also working to debunk spurious claims about possible cures. Coronavirus-related crimes capitalizes on global fear, panic 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The story is replete with interpersonal drama, lucky breaks, frustrating setbacks and bureaucratic decisions based on spurious science. Recommended Books, March 2020 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z And it’s easy to be misled by spurious correlations, Dowell says. Why do dozens of diseases wax and wane with the seasons—and will COVID-19? 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z That’s partly due to the aggressive moves made by the regime of Xi Jinping, but also to Mr. Trump’s penchant for quarreling with key allies, such as South Korea, on spurious financial grounds. Opinion | One of the most important U.S. alliances in Asia has been endangered 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z In March 2018, Trump announced worldwide steel and aluminum tariffs, on spurious “national security” grounds. Opinion | How Trump’s failure to learn from history is making your whiskey a lot more expensive 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Engel called the Trump Administration’s accounting of the episode “spurious” and asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Feb. 28 “about war powers.” Reporter's Notebook: How the war-powers fight has stretched back decades 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z They are being held on “spurious charges”, including leading organised crime and money laundering, the groups said. World Bank urged to scrap $500m loan to Tanzania over schoolgirls' rights concerns 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z She said these "conflicts of interest" had "tainted" the awards, a claim which the Recording Academy called "spurious" and "categorically false". Grammys 2020: Seven things to watch out for 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z It was a spurious assertion but the crowd booed. Trump tells anti-abortion activists at March for Life: 'I am fighting for you' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Doyle, speaking with The Associated Press late Wednesday, dismissed the allegations raised by federal officials as “spurious” and a “shameful attempt at redirecting attention” from the Trump administration’s “xenophobic policies.” Lawmakers, professors seek return of Iranian college student 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Whatever the film is up to, it can’t be accused of spurious reverence. Howard Jacobson: 'A feelgood Holocaust exploits the dead and demeans the living' 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z In addition, Trump has consistently waged war on the "lying media" and elevated the spurious notion of fake news to the level of a common-sense assumption. Impeachment and the politics of organized forgetting: This attack on Trump isn't nearly enough 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z A nationalist ideologue with spurious academic credentials, Medinsky shifted the ministry in a strongly conservative direction. ‘They will destroy you’: in Putin’s Russia, how far can an artist go? 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It was a spurious assertion but the crowd booed. Trump tells anti-abortion activists at March for Life: 'I am fighting for you' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z “It introduces room for spurious associations or associations that are hidden in their overall finding,” Dr. Olfson said. Minimum Wage Raises Could Lower Suicide Rates, Study Says 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Hillary was never able to quiet the yapping about her “emails,” and Biden is running the same risk with the spurious charges of corruption against his son. Joe and Hunter Biden should call Trump's bluff — and offer to testify 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z As a result, they impeached Johnson for a number of spurious offenses, most of them violations of the Tenure of Office Act. Impeachment: So what happens now? Your relatively clear guide to a very murky process 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Instead, they have offered spurious complaints about process and manifestly false alternative narratives — including the Russian-concocted allegation that Ukraine and not Russia intervened in the 2016 election. Opinion | Will any Republicans show respect for the Constitution? 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z It was a spurious assertion but the crowd booed. Trump tells anti-abortion activists at March for Life: 'I am fighting for you' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z He was charged with several spurious crimes, including the misuse of state funds by “illegally celebrating” a holiday in honor of the police force. The Ukrainian Prosecutor Behind Trump’s Impeachment 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z A Quorn Hunt spokesman said the group was "legally trail-hunting", adding: "Hunts are regularly subjected to spurious allegations about their behaviour," Police probe after claim fox killed during hunt 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z It seems that many researchers were not alert to how easy it is to find significant-looking but spurious results in noisy data. What’s next for psychology’s embattled field of social priming 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z “The American pork industry’s arguments are spurious and downright embarrassing,” said Dr. Lance Price, director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center at George Washington University. Denmark Raises Antibiotic-Free Pigs. Why Can’t the U.S.? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The international NGO Human Rights Watch said scores of protesters had been arrested since September, most detained on spurious charges such as “harming national unity”. Protest movement likely to shun Algeria's controversial election 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z But the Lessons Learned interviews contain numerous admissions that the government routinely touted statistics that officials knew were distorted, spurious or downright false. U.S. officials misled public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Or could Mrs Trump, hardly a feminist icon from the start, have long been the object of spurious concern, sympathy, wishful thinking? Melania Trump is no caped crusader for women’s rights. She’s still Donald’s fig leaf | Catherine Bennett 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Sometimes these elite reporters even lend their own voice to arguments they know are spurious, as former Obama speechwriter and podcast host Jon Favreau tweeted: Press Watch: Yes, America is divided. But how, and why? And who benefits? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Because it must be true, we need not discuss all the false starts and spurious claims that tarnished the reputation of planet hunters for decades. Who Really Discovered the First Exoplanet? 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z He directed the first Vaxxed film and appears in Vaxxed II as an authority on the spurious science of “vaccine injuries”. Release of Vaxxed sequel prompts fears dangerous propaganda will spread again 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The blind taste-tests suggested claims about throat irritation were spurious, and a more systematic investigation by Reader's Digest magazine in the 1940s reached the same conclusion. Why modern marketing owes a debt to cigarettes 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z In my family, the ratio of food-time to life-time remains high, but of course, we consider such a distinction spurious, because, for us, food is one of the most intense ways of living. Make yourselves at home: the meaning of hospitality in a divided world 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Among their accusations, the ambassador’s critics claimed that she was disloyal to the president — charges that Mr. Reeker considered completely spurious. Official Says Attempts to Rally Top State Officials Behind Ukraine Ambassador Failed 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z “The court’s thoughtful ruling recognizes that our impeachment inquiry fully comports with the Constitution and thoroughly rejects the spurious White House claims to the contrary,” Nadler said. U.S. judge orders Mueller grand jury materials released to House Judiciary Committee in impeachment inquiry 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z “Oh my goodness. He spent many an hour defending you, against spurious claims,” Rockeymoore Cummings said. Elijah Cummings funeral: ‘It now falls on us to continue his work.’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z “The court’s thoughtful ruling recognizes that our impeachment inquiry fully comports with the constitution and thoroughly rejects the spurious White House claims to the contrary,” he said. Blow to Trump as DoJ ordered to turn over evidence from Mueller grand jury 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z “We demand that you immediately cease and desist the publication of these abusive and spurious images. The continued publication by your outlet or others of these images will warrant legal response.” Rep. Katie Hill threatens legal action after another conservative outlet publishes her nude photo 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z “And far from that spurious claim that I had entrenched sympathies because of my sister’s experiences, it was the opposite: I was the guy telling her to shut up.” Ronan Farrow on investigating Harvey Weinstein: ‘When family issues are thrown at me, it’s a dirty move’ 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z “People are shown so many treats, and urged as to what to buy and what to wear and where to travel to, all of which pumps up a spurious notion of the perfect life.” 'My ties to England have loosened': John le Carré on Britain, Boris and Brexit 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Stories also abound of churches being shuttered for spurious reasons such as a lack of proper permitting. A Christian enclave proud of its pork confronts a proposal to attract Muslim tourists 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z So it doesn’t take much imagination to recognize the blue-eyed, blond surfer ideal for what it is: a white racial fantasy rooted, like most such tropes, in spurious claims of authentic connection to land. Opinion | The Long, Strange Tale of California’s Surf Nazis 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Attorneys for the Sheriff’s Department argued the allegation lacked details and was spurious. A homicide detective's dishonesty was kept secret for years. Now it could upend criminal cases 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Buck’s attorney, Amster, has written in court papers that Nixon’s lawsuit is “replete with allegations that cannot be supported by admissible evidence, spurious accusations unsupported by facts, and a character assassination.” Dems donor Ed Buck and the rise of LGBTQ ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement in West Hollywood 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Several dozen more Ukrainian citizens, sentenced on equally spurious charges, remain in Russian prisons. The Release of Oleg Sentsov and the Plight of Those Left Behind 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “If you see a gender difference claim for this type of association, it’s far more likely to be a spurious finding rather than something true.” Study raises questions about fluoride and children’s IQ 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z It appears likely that the Russian operation fabricated the entire story, including its spurious “evidence.” Amazon’s Twitter ambassadors are blurring the line between fact and fiction 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Marías, to be sure, is not proposing a spurious moral equivalence between dictatorship and democracy. Spain’s Most Celebrated Writer Believes the Fascist Past Is Still Present 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z They made false claims for the safety of the drugs, not least in manipulating scientific papers to promote the spurious assertion that there was a less than one percent risk of addiction from narcotic painkillers. Capitalism gone wrong: how big pharma created America's opioid carnage 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The ending of “Apple Season” takes a daring leap, but the metaphoric flourish seems as spurious as the apples piled in crates like holiday ornaments. Review: 'Apple Season' suggests you can always go home again, but should you? 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Since Harris announced her candidacy, neo-birthers have been concocting spurious stories about her origins and spreading them online. Kamala Harris Makes Her Case 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z That set the stage for a counterattack targeting Ms. Aldana, who was disqualified as a candidate in Guatemala’s presidential elections this spring when an array of charges — some flimsy, others spurious — were brought against her. Opinion | The Trump administration should fight graft and impunity in Guatemala. It’s doing the opposite. 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Cherokee genealogists and other experts say spurious claims to be Native American are common. Claiming to be Cherokee, contractors with white ancestry got $300 million 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z And many worry that palaeoproteomics in general might be susceptible to spurious results, stemming from issues such as contamination. Move over, DNA: ancient proteins are starting to reveal humanity’s history 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z As Warren did, Roberts would need to convince the other judges to unanimously reject any spurious election claims by Trump — if only to ensure that the court retains some vague claims to impartiality. What if Trump actually refuses to quit after losing the election? 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z “I’ve had apps outright rejected for spurious reasons, and there are plenty more apps I don’t bother writing just because I know Apple will never allow them. The chilling effect is real.” Inside Apple’s walled garden, developers see cracks ready to form 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The Danish researchers also took measures to ensure that the link between the gene and the disorder was not spurious. Gene Increases Risk for Pot Addiction 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z “It is a case with political and spurious characteristics,” he said. Guatemala’s problems need solving. But in its presidential election, ballot battles have overshadowed any policy debate. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Public health advocates worry that some doctors are issuing bogus medical exemptions, allowing kindergartners to avoid inoculations for spurious reasons like asthma or skin conditions such as psoriasis. Measles-infected person travels through LAX airport on Memorial Day weekend 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z “We will vigorously defend against these spurious charges that lack basis in fact and law,” he said in a statement. Former Broward sheriff’s deputy who did not confront Parkland shooter arrested, charged with neglect 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Hilton said Democrats are pursuing "spurious" investigations and subpoenas instead of working with Trump "to get things done." Steve Hilton: Washington, D.C. political and media establishment have 'lost their minds' 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “They say, ‘We are so against anti-Semitism,’ ” Krauskopf said, modulating his voice to connote spurious compassion. The New German Anti-Semitism 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The city would not have to entertain the potentially spurious promises that construction of a ballpark would trigger economic development in the surrounding area, because Westfield already had developed The Village. Dodgers in the Valley? Ballpark might have replaced mall — had the Angels not squashed the idea 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Haven’t we heard about Pentagon plans and phony estimates and spurious promises? Trump and Bolton: Two fat heads with itchy trigger fingers and 120,000 troops 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Researchers estimate that random noise should produce a similar spurious signal about once every 20 months, and there’s a 14% chance that it originated in terrestrial vibrations. Theorist calculates the incalculable siren song of merging black holes 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Gen. Rabe Abubakar calling the report part of “a series of spurious fabrications aimed at tarnishing the good image of the Nigerian military.” The dream of Biafra lives on in underground Nigerian radio broadcasts 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Trump also made a spurious claim about abortion by arguing that mothers and doctors decide to "execute" babies. Trump holds MAGA rally during White House Correspondents' Association dinner 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z On the American side, it is a story of hard-headed exploitation of US advantage, rendered more palatable by spurious expressions of undying amity. Britain and the US: the highs and lows of a special relationship 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z But correlation is not causality, so one is always left wondering whether a particularly striking correlation is spurious or not. Google Street View’s ability to calculate car accident risks is digital tech writ large | John Naughton 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z But, he added, “a huge number of the inquiries I get are spurious.” Ripped-Off Riffs? Rise in Plagiarism Claims Unnerves Pop Songwriters 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z In the form of a spurious amendment to that last bill, the Republican congressman Sean Duffy effectively added a sixth: a version of the Green New Deal. A Baffling Week for Climate Policy on the Hill 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z McCain continued to speak out against Trump until his death, delivering a speech in which he decried “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in a thinly veiled reference to the president. 'New bizarre low': Trump faces backlash after reviving McCain attacks 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z New Labour was still all unsullied potential, the Twin Towers were still standing, and nobody had thought to invade Iraq on spurious grounds. Jay Rayner: my 20 years as a restaurant critic 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Of course, it may be a problem if parties are too willing to launch spurious investigations into their opponents to score cheap political points. Republican senator admits the GOP would be going after Donald Trump if he were a Democrat 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z They are very good at shutting climate into an echo chamber of spurious scientific uncertainty. Review | Destruction from climate change will be ‘worse, much worse, than you think’ 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Viewed from the outside, the secret court proceedings and blatantly spurious charges were farcical. Reporter Jason Rezaian on 544 days in Iranian jail: ‘They never touched me – but I was tortured’ 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z The latest example is the arrest in Manila of pioneering online journalist Maria Ressa, chief executive of the news website Rappler, who was detained Wednesday on a spurious charge of libel. Opinion | Duterte’s autocratic regime cracks down on a vital voice in Manila 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Even if it was spurious and debunked, as was Hausmann’s 2004 analysis, it can continue to perform in media campaigns against the target. Inside the neoliberal laboratory preparing for the theft of Venezuela’s economy 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z And if he really believes the two women have invented spurious stories to “smear” him, why does he think they would do that? Opinion | The questions Ralph Northam and Justin Fairfax must answer 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z As Facebook users shared accounts of the incident, they added spurious detail. When Facebook Spread Hate, One Cop Tried Something Unusual 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Coutu says a mountain of evidence already proves no antimatter regions exist, so the unpublished signals must be spurious, perhaps produced by misidentified helium nuclei. Space magnet homes in on clue to dark matter 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z These questions are also asked in spurious surveys commissioned in the hope of generating headlines that suggest the majority of Muslims are violently homophobic, or conform to whatever latest trope is doing the rounds. High-profile Muslims have a right not to expect an inquisition | Nesrine Malik 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z That the arguments for lowering taxes were spurious if not entirely fact free was just icing on the cake. Donald Trump is the perfect Republican 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z “We will support any real opportunity to take down the Tories with relish. We will not be party to Corbyn using spurious means to avoid Labour policy, by pursuing unwinnable no-confidence votes,” the source said. Theresa May survives vote, but Britain remains in Brexit deadlock 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “Illegal sales mean that there’s always a risk of buying spurious seeds and we buy such smuggled seeds as there is no alternative,” said Vijay Niwal, another cotton farmer in Maharashtra. After Monsanto patent ruling, Indian farmers hope for next-gen GM... 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Many members are jailed for long periods in appalling conditions on spurious charges. DRC activists risk arrest to encourage voting in delayed election 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Take the case of Jason Green, a lawyer who first made a name for himself in housing court by representing mega-landlords repeatedly accused of harassing tenants with spurious lawsuits and poor services. City Leaves Millions in the Pockets of New York’s Worst Landlords 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Mr Joyce said he considered the allegations "spurious and defamatory", but did not launch legal action. The 'wary' #MeToo conversation in Australia 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z In their sentencing memo, they also seized on the spurious theory that Mr. Flynn’s relaxed behavior was exculpatory. Mueller Rejects Flynn’s Attempt to Portray Himself as Victim of the F.B.I. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Between that, and lawsuits now facing his office claiming spurious charges of how the recent elections might have been mishandled, Raffensperger will have a lot on his plate. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The justification for this was often backed by spurious data on differences between races. South Africa’s science academy urges update to nation’s genetics laws 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z |
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