Sentences with phrase «many purported»

The New York Times, purported linchpin of the liberal media, hammered Bill Clinton and broke the Eliot Spitzer call - girl story.

The purported motive for the torture carried out in Syria is even the same as that reported in Iraq — to intimidate and terrify the population.

In a letter sent to Rice, the lawmakers said it was «odd» she felt the need to send «such an unusual email purporting to document a conversation involving President Obama and his interactions with the FBI regarding the Trump / Russia investigation» to herself on her final day as an Obama administration official.

Their letter came on the heels of a controversial memo the House Intelligence Committee released earlier this month, which purports to show the FBI and Department of Justice abusing their surveillance authority to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

When Vitter was in the House of Representatives he actually took calls from the DC Madam during roll call votes; later, Sen. Vitter expressed outrage over purported actions of the poverty group ACORN, where several staffers showed tolerance toward conservative operatives with a hidden camera who were pretending to be involved in prostitution.

«I sincerely believe that Senate Bill 1062 has the potential to create more problems than it purports to solve,» she said at the time.

But the purported offer got me thinking not about the why but about the who — particularly, about the leader of the sought - after company, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini.

Wu - Tang Clan is known globally for their lyrical kung fu references, heavy rhythms and songs like, «C.R.E.A.M.» Recently they've been in the news because «pharma bro» Martin Shkreli bought what is purported to be one - of - a-kind Wu - Tang Album for a reported $ 2 million.

It seems unlikely that Aetna's chief would remain in the new corporate fold if the purported CVS acquisition were to happen.

Some people tried to track celebrities based on known sightings and home addresses, while another attempt even purported to be able to identify which taxi driver were muslim based on activity during the five prayer times a day.

Speaking of a lack of clarity, it's not at all clear what's going on with a purported security flaw in chips made by Advanced Micro Devices.

It has included attempts to tie Iran to terrorism on American soil — with a purported plot, so laughable that almost no one believed it, to hire a Mexican drug cartel to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington.

Founded in 2007, Mast Brothers won some fawning media attention as creators of cutely wrapped chocolate bars that use simple ingredients and purports to taste better than big brands like Hershey (hsy).

But today, as misgivings about Theranos» technology — which purports to perform a full range of blood tests with a mere finger prick — have reached a fever pitch, both parties are looking to dissolve the partnership, the Journal reports.

«This is a very basic error regarding one of the primary allegations by [Muddy Waters], considering the large number of purported man - hours spent in the «investigation,»» he wrote.

And as for the purported lack of precision, that didn't mean I didn't have an eye for detail; it just meant I would much rather delegate it to someone else.

The purported cooperation, some details of which were revealed by a Sinaloa cartel figure on trial in the US, reached a peak in the late 2000s, a period when the Sinaloa cartel ascended to primacy among Mexican drug - trafficking organizations.

Such lock - out technology can not be justified based on any purported consumer benefit, and Green Mountain itself has admitted that the lock - out technology is not essential for the new brewers» function.

The purported aim of the reviews includes preventing tech firms from aiding foreign government spying or otherwise exploiting people's information.

More important is a test's «validity,» which basically means whether it is testing what it purports to test.

I can't speak for the reliability of the remote sleep tracker, which purports to identify circadian rhythms via electromagnetic waves and then maps them on an app.

With 500 employees and manufacturing facilities in Canada, Germany and China, the company supplies handrails across North America, Europe and Asia; EHC purports to command 40 % to 50 % of the market.

This whole episode seems to have kicked off with a report from The Hollywood Reporter, that Iger told ABC employees at a town hall in New York that someone was purporting to be a hacker and attempting to extort the company.

«The evidence for economic reform to date is scant and based on purported private statements rather than government pronouncements,» wrote Bruce Klingner, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and former CIA official, in an October op - ed for the Los Angeles Times.

When the campaign received an email purporting to be an official note of congratulations from President Putin, I was asked how we could verify it was real.

However, the purported benefits of age and experience may be offset by other tendencies that emerge during later career phases.

Whether via phishing (tricking someone into providing their financial account information — often via an attachment in an email or a fake website that purports to sell or give away tickets), an ATM skimmer (which reads and records the card's information, including password) or point - of - sale malware (like that used in the 2013 Target breach), it's not hard for cybercriminals to trick the unsuspecting.

Again, these are often purported to have health benefits.

Given these exciting, pro-consumer marketplace developments, it is perplexing that the FCC is now considering a proposal that would impose new government technology mandates on satellite and cable TV providers with the purported goal of promoting device options for consumers.

In that case, she also claims that Cohen defamed her by allegedly suggesting that Daniels is lying about the purported relationship with Trump.

It also wants to dethrone a purported queen.

The man, Daniels says, approached her while she was with her baby daughter in Las Vegas, several weeks after she agreed to cooperate with a story that In Touch magazine was preparing about the purported tryst.

Whether these were ads using scare tactics to promote miracle cures, or weight - loss solutions purporting to help users lose 50 pounds without lifting a finger, those ads driving clicks and views that were using misleading information were disabled.

The publishing zeitgeist over the past decade has favoured any treatise purporting to unravel the mysteries of human behaviour.

The crime - fraud exception can only be triggered if the work product between the attorney and client «was actually used in the furtherance of the purported crime or fraud,» the ABA says.

Thomas Edison is often named as an example of why failure shouldn't stop you from trying; different estimates purport that he built 100 to 1,000 light bulbs before he found one that worked.

And yet somehow this same Rob Kalin sits atop a fast - growing company that is the toast of the business elite he purports to despise.

But Pakistan has long maintained that its purported Taliban ties and tolerance of extremists groups are overblown, arguing it is already doing its best to help the U.S. stabilize Afghanistan.

The family's alleged abuse of power has angered the Korean public as local media reported leaked voice recordings and videos purporting to be Cho family members mistreating Korean Air employees.

For example, since the vulnerabilities are described in top secret confidential files, it could be legally dangerous for a company like Apple or Microsoft to talk to Assange and WikiLeaks to see purported tools and files that haven't been made public yet, the Financial Times reported.

He came upon a purported Chinese weight - loss tea called Wu - Long, and then found a private - label «nutraceutical» manufacturer to produce a similar product.

In fact, if the tribunal ultimately rules that TREB's policies are preventing competition and limiting consumer choice, it may become a target of scorn by the very homeowners it's now purporting to protect.

As with the earlier solicitations in the Fake Funds, investors were similarly misled by the purported involvement of the legitimate Firm - 5 Fund in this investment.

The purported involvement of the Legitimate Funds was an attractive selling point for investors.

Quizzes that purport to test risk tolerance are often ineffective, since they don't really put investors under actual stress.

Springbank is also home to two of the city's most sought - after private schools, Webber Academy and Strathcona - Tweedsmuir School, as well as the prestigious Glencoe golf and country club, which Gull purported to have a five - year waiting list for new members.

For Trump supporters, MAGA purports to solve that problem.

Other effective tactics involved sending notes purporting to relate to package deliveries, work - related information, and news.

Better Consumer Understanding If you don't have somebody with a diverse viewpoint in your boardroom then you very likely don't have your finger on the pulse of a demographic group you purport to serve if somebody's not advocating for that position.

During elections in Spain last year, campaign messages and press reports highlighted purported links between the Venezuelan government and Spain's upstart leftist party, Podemos.