Sentences with phrase «weasel words»
We use weasel words like «love» to twist the truth and make our century + of hating blacks somehow be God's divine love and our present campaign of repression against the gay community be «god's will» and «defense of family».
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Conjecture is fine if the consequences are not larded with piles of weasel words like «could be» «might be» «will be if... and if....»
nope what we get is weasel words about secrets.
Hands - up if you use weasel words in your resume.
Avoid weasel words such as, «We're sorry if anyone was offended.»
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.
- weasel words if I ever heard them.
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.
The converse of avoiding weasel words is also true.
The nationalizing coalition uses weasel words because their entire project depends on stealth.
Harper's weasel words aside, the industry has also gone into full spin mode.
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.
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».
The ASPCA co-opts meaningful shelter reform legislation largely by copying it but then including weasel words like substituting «may» for «shall».
Well, I did say unintentionally — the rest is just weasel words.
As for Pierrehumnbert, he puts in clever weasel words.....
Should we be commenting that they are using weasel words where «past decades» does not include the current decade?
If the quote is accurate, it is weasel worded double negative statement — correct in a very narrow technical sense, but conveying an impression that is diametrically opposed for reality.
Legal writing disaster: Making a mess with weasel words and grammar gaffes.
So Pope Francis retreats to weasel words such as «accompaniment» and in his own way recapitulates the super-subtle scholasticism of the theorists of exceptions who came to prominence after Vatican II.
Their support made it happen and no amount of weasel words will change that.»
So yes, as you point out, it has become common of late for scientists to use weasel words like «might» and «could» and «possibly».
I was told that I insulted (rightly so) the CREB's integrity, in so many weasel words, to which I plead guilty.
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.
Presumably Loblaws thinks they can get away with this because of the weasel words they use: words like «potential» presumably mean they're dodging making any specific claim about cause and effect.
They're weasel words — your silent enemy as an entrepreneur.
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.
Difficult though recovery from addiction has always been, it has always had this on its side: It is a rigorously truth - focused and euphemism - free endeavor, something increasingly rare in our era of weasel words.