Sentences with phrase «many weasel words»

Avoid weasel words such as, «We're sorry if anyone was offended.»

In other words, promise as much as you want as long as you leave yourself enough «weasel words» to get out of them.

More importantly, promiscuous use of these weasel words corrupts the English language.

You don't have to eliminate weasel words from your vocabulary, but for heaven's sake think twice before you use them.

But I digress as I strongly suspect you'll find weasel words to get out of following the example of early christians because then you'd have to give up your wide screen TV.

Barry Sheerman, chairman of the parliamentary cross-party has reacted to all this with admirable frankness: no weasel words here, simply an open suspicion of all religion when it is actually believed rather than just talked about.

I admit it is a weasel word, as Schubert Ogden's discussion in Christ Without Myth continually implies.

If there actually is a God, he can either be omniscient (by the actual definition, not some weasel worded excuse) OR we can have free will.

It's a true sentence because you used the weasel words «may or may not».

When we studied some of these reports, we found an amazing number of weasel words but no real proof of anything.

You can listen here to her weasel words about a «cluster» of deaths and her false implication that this can happen in the hospital, too.

In particularly weasel words, Farage said that he would not tell Americans how to vote, but added that he wouldn't back Hilary Clinton «if you paid me».

It was probably this biologically inaccurate conception that led to the idea of «weasel words»: the notion of unpleasant, shifty, vermin - like creatures emanating from people's mouths, going around causing damage and harm to all and sundry.

nope what we get is weasel words about secrets.

On September 14, (after his congressional election is over on September 13) I'll be happy to address the President's election... Don't read anything into it» — These are weasel words.

That DA from Central NY who was one of the co-chairs (I think) STILL uses weasel words when he discusses the failure of the the Commission.

@Barmar the weasel word opens up the possibility of a reasonable person standard, meaning that jurors wouldn't have to determine whether they actually think the accused had such an intention, but only whether a «reasonable person» might make such a determination.

«Fairness» is a weasel word if it is not rooted in specifics.

Their support made it happen and no amount of weasel words will change that.»

He has tried to hide it with his weasel words about the LT but we remember how he sabotaged the Bill Cash amendment and his platform of not allowing anti-EU MPs on the front bench.

When writing, however, we were sure to put in «weasel words» where we did not want to open up a can of worms.

Instead, they will say that they are only developing «curricular roadmaps,» «multiple curriculum resources,»» instructional materials,» «content frameworks,» «model instructional units, «content modules» or similar such weasel words.

The nationalizing coalition uses weasel words because their entire project depends on stealth.

Instead of a straightforward and open defense of their agenda, I anticipate that the U.S. Department of Education — Gates — AFT — Fordham coalition (along with their two hired assessment consortia and corporate backers) will respond with weasel words.

That's why they love the passive voice so much in addition to the use of weasel words.

Having learned from those failures the U.S. Department of Education — Gates — AFT — Fordham coalition is trying to advance nationalization with piece - meal steps disguised in weasel words.

«I've called proficiency a «weasel word,»» says Andrew Ho at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

In theory, by setting out a common definition of what students should know and be able to do, the Common Core takes some of the «weasel word» - ness out of proficiency.

And unsurprisingly, the NEA heartily approved of the report's findings, with the union's VP Becky Pringle providing the weasel words: «America's educators stand in solidarity with our students of color.

Above you'll note that the weasel words «Sufficiently in excess» were snuck in.

They put the weasel words in to protect themselves from forex headaches.

They may be different for each author, but we all have our weasel words.

These are weasel words — the mark of lazy and impotent writing.

Don't give weasel words an inch.

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Those were «weasel words.»

The ASPCA co-opts meaningful shelter reform legislation largely by copying it but then including weasel words like substituting «may» for «shall».

No weasel words here!

«Currently» seemed like a bit of a weasel word, because of course members can not currently transfer points to airline miles, and Dan said that would be coming in the future, on April 1.

Twenty - five years is a mere eyeblink in the story of Egyptian, Mayan or even medieval English art, but it is a long time in the modern or (weasel word) post-modern context, and if one is given a single programme - a mere 55 minutes - to bring the story up to date from where The Shock of the New left off when we finished making the series, one is bound to fail.

And when proven incorrect they often refer back to weasel wording in their written papers which apparently journalists should have read, instead of just believing what they were told in face - to - face interviews.

Let's take out the weasel words and unsubstantiated assertions, which render your comment meaningless, and just write what you really mean.

1) The early pages of the paper are filled — appropriately — with what I would characterize as scientific «weasel words», phrases that capture the hypothetical and speculative nature of the paper's assertions.

Well, I did say unintentionally — the rest is just weasel words.

Latest lot of weasel words (after realising they'd inadvertently shot themselves in the foot, so to speak)--

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/secondhand-smoke They are covered by the weasel words «there is some evidence».

Of course, this does not explain some other evidence, but it could be a weasel word way out.

These are the weasel words provided by the RMetS in item 14 to explain the current hiatus in surface temperature.

«No - labels» is a common weasel word structure for not revealing your true cultural and political I.D..

Now, you use the standard weasel words.