Sentences with phrase «always been vague»

The definition has always been vague, as essays can be written in a variety of different ways.

The details of what, if anything, Litwin hopes to gain by currying favor with the state's most powerful politicians have always been vague.

American civil religion, and its construction of «God,» has necessarily always been a vague, makeshift affair.

Not exact matches

The latter are always unpleasant and frequently fail, while the former tend to be so vague you'd never know if you succeeded.

If that sounds a little vague, there's a lot more detail in the complete post, or you could always spring for the book.

Some companies have perfected «the customer is always an inconvenience» message by avoiding phone calls altogether and only providing a form that the customer is expected to fill out with the vague promise that someone might get back to you.

Still, Apple is notoriously vague about product release dates, and as Mashable puts it: Take it «with a grain of salt as Apple has been monolithically silent about the matter, as always.»

Bailey's musings are vague and not always consistent.

It has always seemed to me that when people speak out to say that something is incoherent or vague or whatever, it also demonstrates their unwillingness to engage in something that they haven't already been able to define, pin - down, label, etc., etc..

An alleged prequel to the sci - fi / horror / thriller classic Alien (1979), the director Scott was always hesitant to speak of it in such prequel terms, and instead spoke of it in larger and vaguer terms — and....

It is not a sufficient condition for classification as an evolutionary cosmology that a philosophical system take some vague cognizance of, or prove itself compatible with the brute historical facts of evolutionary change and transformation (which are by no means always «upward» or «progressive»).

I remember hearing about date paste years ago, but I was always leery of trying it because the method for making it sounded so... vague.

Anything with a vague reference to Asian influence is fantastic to him, so I'm always safe with these make - your - own takeout type dishes.

A few days ago, and while I was complaining to no end about my new diet and missing cheese, she suggested I made fava and gave me directions over the phone, while I was making it; as you'll see below, it's the simplest of dishes to make, still my mom's recipes are always impressively vague, yet always work.

What has always concerned me about bedharing (and I did it, thought when my children were very small they were sidecarred) was the small amount of conflicting and vague information rgearding blankets, conforters, and pillows.

Sorry to lead off with a vague oxymoron, since I guess Politics is always involved, with Republicans smelling blood about a Democratic fiasco like the Shelly Silver Chronicles in Albany NY.

Still, always in the back of my mind was a notion, vague but strong: As science grows increasingly complex and controversial, there will be a need for people who can bridge the gaps between science and the people science affects.

I was always interested in biology but found it too vague to answer questions precisely.

On those occasions (called elongations) when Mercury was at its farthest from the Sun, the same vague surface features were always seen.

There is a lot of information online for sure, but it is always tricky to start something when you have no idea what you are doing - just a vague idea of what you want the finished product to look like!

Films from the Nouvelle Vague genre of the 50's and 60's are always a feast for my eyes.

I always read these wretchedly vague posts from bloggers this time of year that promise to be personal but shed little light on actual details.

Vague hair and red lipsticks will always be my favourites!

A vague email does not always mean the man is spamming the email, but it is a warning flag.

The problem has always been the commitment needed to record a video and that vague feeling of awkwardness.

His Longo is wearily handsome and quietly amiable, always letting on how impressed he is with Finkel, and deflecting any specific question about the crimes he's accused of with vague hints that he might be covering for another guilty party.

Reese and Wernick said the character has a vague origin story in the original comics, but always intended her to be more than arm candy for Deadpool.

Last night, my wife, daughter and I took in Black Narcissus at the AFI Silver and enjoyed it as much as we always have (only more so because it was in the gorgeous main theater projected on a huge screen) and afterwards I started thinking about movies with very famous scenes, so famous that most casual film goers might know it (or have a vague sense of familiarity with it) even if they don't know the movie.

Exactly to what extent, and to whose knowledge, is purposely left vague, but the two hesitantly feel each other out over the next few days, with the eventual rekindling of their affair always at risk of attracting a prying eye.

The son has a vague idea that he might come to better terms with the old man, and perhaps even get some answers to questions he's always had about their relationship.

Reasons for this title are often vague and inconsistent, and it is only now, in the wake of declarations from actresses like Annabella Sciorra, Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd that the «difficult actress» has a face and is revealed as the facade it has always been.

Tantalisingly vague, but packed with witty and sometimes harrowing observations, this artful examination of a very dark soul isn't always easy to watch.

She soon discovers that Ben isn't always on the up and up with her, which makes her not trust him, especially since she has a vague memory of the attack that caused her to lose her memory many years before.

In place of cross-generational musings, Always Woodstock gives a preview of what will be left of Woodstock when the generation that made it has gone: a vague sense of anti-commercialism, a general acknowledgement that «The Weight» is probably the best song ever written, and an apolitical self - help manual.

And your answer will always be the same - Do some ill - defined new fad with a vague social justice air to it - Let's call it differentiation this decade - And viola, find that there's no improvement at all and we couldn't possibly take him out of class to a smaller setting for specialist help because it might stunt his self - esteem.

For system leaders, the challenge is always to set aside the vague happy talk about innovating and demand to know exactly what is being proposed, who will do what, who will fund it, what the expectations are, how it will be assessed, and so on.

It has always felt a little vague, but here, when you want something slick that snicks rapidly from one cog to the next, it's found wanting.

The steering always feels a little remote, however, with only a vague sense of connectivity once the chassis is really loaded up.

The steering has poor feel and a vague patch around the straight - ahead, the brake pedal feels wooden and the gearchange is as notchy as it always was.

The steering is quite vague and even if body lean is fairly well mitigated, you're always aware this is a big, heavy vehicle, so it's best suited to cruising along at a gentle pace.

Similarly, another uncle who was a teenager at the time did flee Ethiopia for Sudan during the Revolution, and while we've discussed his journey, it's always in relatively vague and general terms, and that's partly where the fiction element comes.

Amazon is always fairly vague about its batteries, stating only that it should last «weeks» but where I found I was only able to get one or two out of the 2016 Kindle Oasis with on and off use, I've been able to draw out the battery for a good four or five weeks with the 2017 Oasis.

That's a seriously vague timeframe, and the European update schedule doesn't always match the US anyway: the Motorola Milestone and Droid were updated eight months apart.

The methods that I will describe in this column are somewhat vague, but I always have believed that investment is a game that you win by being approximately right.

He adds that his methods «are somewhat vague, but I always have believed that investment is a game that you win by being approximately right.

The real problem here is that «natural flavor» is a vague term and it's always best to know exactly what your dog is eating.

I got offbeat so it's either accurate or vague and always right.

While Nintendo is as vague as always about what the update really entails, it usually only takes a couple of hours until dataminers find all the goodies hidden deep inside the update.

The conditions to complete the quests are always fairly vague letting the player choice how much effort to put into each quest.

The Tokyo Game Show came with much more news for mobile gaming than we thought it would which is always nice and among the news was Sony's announcement of the Playstation Suite SDK for developing games for Playstation Certified devices and a more vague announcement of a push for content on those devices.