Sentences with phrase «given equivocal»

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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.

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?

Well OK, maybe you don't learn that much because if there was any reference to the war I don't remember it, and there certainly was no attention paid to the equivocal shot in the arm that the destruction of European economies gave to the American GNP.

The worst idea is its attempt to give Gerry depth with a family in peril it promptly relegates to the sidelines before reintroducing at the end in what feels like every bit the equivocal band - aid that it is.