Sentences with phrase «equivocal on»

[83] I note that the opinions of both Drs. Farine and McMillan on several occasions were equivocal on the question of the timing of the insult.

Three more of the cooling papers were equivocal on the question - see Ari's page here.

California's new state environmental education program will distribute an energy booklet to 6th graders that is equivocal on the greenhouse effect, downplays the impacts of burning fossil fuels, and doesn't address climate change, Climate Science Watch has found.

When even the «alarmed» population in America was equivocal on cap - and - trade — well before Climategate — why in the world did anyone ever think realistically that a bill was a real prospect?

The science remains utterly equivocal on how global warming might boost the longstanding peril from tornadoes in the storm belt.

However, large scale correlation studies are equivocal on whether it causes weight gain or not.

The researchers are equivocal on the pro-social implications but nod toward our protean techno - culture as the culprit.

Alston (departing from Aquinas who, and not alone in my opinion, is terribly equivocal on this issue) says that God wills that creatures shall have freedom, so that their decisions are made possible, but not fully determined, by God.

Not exact matches

Barra was on President Trump's Strategy & Policy Forum until its member CEOs all left en masse following his equivocal comments about the neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Research into Airbnb's impact on housing availability in San Francisco and other inventory - constrained markets has been equivocal.

On the other hand, we could state that terms as applied to God are purely equivocal.

It was Madison who reflected most on ambiguity, obscurity, cornplexity, the equivocal, and the noncopiousness of language.

It turns out, however, as Kuntz reluctantly observes, that the notion of «order» that might be derived from a study of Whitehead's metaphysics is equivocal (ANW 95), and surprisingly, Whitehead on occasion also gave evidence of his distrust of the notion of «order» as the preeminent philosophic issue.

Also, if Hoover had unfortunately retreated to an equivocal position on the prohibition issue, Roosevelt was all too unequivocal — on the wrong (i.e., the wet) side.

This equivocal character of the objectivations of freedom when reflecting on its original nature is increased by the fact that the material on which it must be exercised is always also determined and formed by the guilt at the beginning of the history of the spirit.

On the other hand, we can not say that language is totally [i] equivocal [/ i]: having two different meanings.

While both of these factors — an inherited distrust of physical form, and a current focus on monetary economies — clearly shape our feelings and actions in relation to art, the equivocal nature of the Protestant relationship to the arts becomes ever clearer if we look at what lies behind the question of iconoclasm.

On the other hand, the meaning of these terms is not equivocal.

The 19th century also witnessed the growth of the Liberal movement, which campaigned for a separationist constitutional amendment but was undone in part by the unpopularity of it's equivocal position on obscenity.

Said a somewhat equivocal Bear Bryant before Alabama took on Paterno's team in the Lions» fifth game of the season, «Penn State may be the greatest team in the history of college football — this year.»

Dr. Webbe: Both tests have been used on the sideline with equivocal results.

The White House, under siege over Trump's equivocal response to the incident, on Sunday condemned «white supremacists» for inciting the violence that led to one death.

Yet Labour's equivocal stance on further devolution to Scotland risks alienating its core vote; and recent polls suggest that the Party is on the verge of electoral meltdown in Scotland.

In the run - up to the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum, the party adopted an equivocal stance, advising its supporters, on 8 April, to «vote as you see fit».

Cruddas's criticisms certainly made more headlines than any pro-Miliband messages at the weekend, while Peter Mandelson's recent description of Miliband as «the leader we have, therefore the leader I support, and somebody who I believe is capable of leading the party to victory» was equivocal, tempting us to read between the lines on the «leader we have» part.

While Lib Dems in government say the motion is evidence the party is not divided on the issue, Farron said its equivocal nature meant the Lib Dems had only proved they were «agnostic» on the issue.

However, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague sounded more equivocal after Tuesday's conference on the future of Libya in London.

But, as the day has worn on, that position has looked less and less equivocal.

And MoveOn - which has launched ad campaigns in recent weeks pressuring equivocal senators to support the president's plan, and a public option - quickly turned its criticism on the White House.

On the subject of cancer, however, the evidence is more equivocal.

On the other hand, she says, «In laboratory studies, pH variability often limited the effects of ocean acidification, but the effects of temperature variability on responses to warming were equivocal.&raquOn the other hand, she says, «In laboratory studies, pH variability often limited the effects of ocean acidification, but the effects of temperature variability on responses to warming were equivocal.&raquon responses to warming were equivocal.»

An advisory panel to the FDA recommended approval of Provenge on the basis of good early clinical results, but the FDA instead requested more information last May after a second phase III clinical trial seemed more equivocal.

I read a few articles on the use of Splenda, but the evidence for its negative effects on health is equivocal.

Adal ambles through the exchange with an air of equivocal malleability, vaguely sceptical and vaguely conspiratorial at the same time, and the ambiguity of his characterization is an example of what «Homeland» as a show does best — taking superficially innocuous scenes (in this case, the camera lingers on Adal as he pours Lockhart a cup of coffee) and planting seeds of doubts in the viewers» minds as to the exact intentions of the actors in them.

One way leads to a surprise masterpiece that soars on the chemistry (surprise again) between Ferrell and Gyllenhaal — the other leads to a film that's a lot better than I expected it to be, weighed down by a resolution that it itself comments on as equivocal, cowardly, and disappointing.

His focus tends to be more on the intimate, apparently insignificant and unremarkable moments of everyday life, their humble materiality and physicality — and how they often lend visibility to moral dilemmas and equivocal feelings better than dialogue or, obviously, acting codes.

Given the choice between violent and dogmatic or simpering and equivocal, the American electorate has erred badly on the side of a unified message, no matter how dangerous — and who can blame them?

Since the argument against flagging appears to be «more dependent on showing that extra time is of minimal benefit for the nondisabled population,» as Bridgeman and his colleagues write, the panel ought to have seen the findings from this research as equivocal, at best.

When asked to provide evidence and guidance on enhancing the quality of teaching and student performance, I'm usually equivocal about advocating quick fixes because I know how long it can take to turn a school around, as I've already said in How schools get moving and keep improving.

However some researchers and theorists assert that at best research on school leadership is equivocal and at worst demonstrates that leadership has no effect on student achievement.

The previous evidence for effects on elbow joints was more equivocal.

The lower gallery is occupied by Looking for One (2015), a 120 x 405 x 195 cm white ceramic tile intervention reminiscent of a toilet or shower area featuring a still life (comprising a polished steel laptop - shaped item, an ashtray with cast popcorn sprouting from it and a multi-purpose cleaner cast in resin) and Taken by Your Equivocal Stance I, II and III (2015), three metal and glass installations framing hoodies and puffer jackets, adorned with eggs balanced on the edges of the sculpture.

«Based on these studies, and many others using fossil and historical records, we argue that evidence for the widely cited view that future climate change poses an equal or greater threat to global biodiversity than anthropogenic land - use change and habitat loss (Thomas et al., 2004) is equivocal: extinctions driven by the latter processes of habitat loss pose a far greater threat to global biodiversity.

Based on these studies, and many others using fossil and historical records, we argue that evidence for the widely cited view that future climate change poses an equal or greater threat to global biodiversity than anthropogenic land - use change and habitat loss (Thomas et al., 2004) is equivocal

With respect to soil carbon in particular, Briske et al. correctly make realize that the work they have evaluated in inconclusive: «The response of SOC to stocking rate is equivocal, based partially on the limited number of investigations conducted» (Briske et al., 2008).

Equivocal — but even I suspected that looking for Pacific cloud in a few observations on the US mainland was probably not definitive.

However, the ALEC website is more direct, yet equivocal, on the scientific evidence for pollution - induced climate change.

On receiving a second, more equivocal review, he offers the authors the opportunity to re-submit.

Information about future summer arctic sea ice conditions based on 2008 data is equivocal.

The new position statement is equivocal, beginning with the observation that «the AAPG membership is divided on the degree of influence that anthropogenic CO2 has on recent and potential global temperature increases», and going on to say «Certain climate simulation models predict that the warming trend will continue, as reported through NAS, AGU, AAAS, and AMS.