They just give the appearance that politicians are doing something.
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Lighter colors give the appearance of being open and airy.
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I don't ever want to give the appearance that everything's perfect.
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That would give the appearance of a thawing in U.S.-Russian relations.
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It would just give the appearance that the government would collect more money.
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The best approach is to give the appearance that you value their dedication.
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Low LME stocks of 2,145 tonnes might give the appearance of physical market tightness.
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The Neumanns didn't want to give the appearance of having a large support staff.
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FBI personnel should never give the appearance an investigation is anything but objective — ever.
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This will be done gradually, to give the appearance that the financial centre remains "intact".
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With their sweet-dispensers and ping-pong tables, they may give the appearance of friendliness.
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So he wants to give the appearance of [control], but in fact, he's often scrambling.
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Onstage, in matching hairstyles and dazzling outfits, they give the appearance that they might be twins.
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The hack is meant to give the appearance of fuller pouts without needing actual lip injections.
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The tasks give the appearance of DeVos trying to pay for support of her own nomination.
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Corporations give the appearance of buckling under pressure from Donald Trump to create more jobs in America.
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Yet those months were cherry-picked to give the appearance of a flood of immigrants (see chart).
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The fake emails can give the appearance that they were sent from someone at the federal agency.
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The judges in many Jim Crow mock trials were often there to give the appearance of justice.
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Some mugs are actually made of stainless steel but plated or finished to give the appearance of copper.
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"If it happens at a larger scale, it will give the appearance of faster G.D.P. growth," he said.
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"These actions give the appearance that improper preference or advantage was given to Mr. Connell," the memo states.
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The matching hat to the balaclava is also black, and when worn together would give the appearance of Blackface.
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To make this believable, Wallace secretly altered the Data Store, to give the appearance that the files had spread.
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In contrast, think of Rihanna, whose Tutorial Tuesday videos at least give the appearance of off-the-cuff authenticity.
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Some land was moved laterally by the quake's power, creating cracks that give the appearance of a scar, she said.
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But the concern is if it persists, it could give the appearance of an underlying problem in the financial system.
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Another primary focus was to give the appearance of "heightened international tensions" and a growing threat of nuclear war with Russia.
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Last week, Gucci apologized for a black sweater that, worn together with a matching balaclava, would give the appearance of Blackface.
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In a phone call with me, Gupte, the board member, asserted that his behavior did not give the appearance of bias.
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Gasoline prices have been rising, Schlossberg pointed out, which could skew the sales data and give the appearance of stronger numbers.
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In other words, while big names are rightfully celebrated, they can give the appearance of more diversity than there really is.
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Fescue and clover have been planted in the crevices to give the appearance of stones lying naturally in a Massachusetts field.
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She has superpowers from another universe that allow her to travel at the speed of light and give the appearance of glowing.
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The breakout star famous for the song "Old Town Road" did not want to give the appearance of endorsing a particular candidate.
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They give the appearance of democracy happening when those leaders are unable to get what they want through the regular legislative processes.
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" The academy's goal, he added, was "to snatch lots of favorable PR, give the appearance of change and make the protest go away.
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The new design features a blended-wing structure that largely merges the fuselage and wing to give the appearance of one large wing.
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And if they exceed the set hours, the suit charges, time sheets are falsified to give the appearance of complying with wage laws.
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They wanted to give the appearance of listening to Ford's account, but since it's "he said, she said" what are they to do?
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If the investor's return is guaranteed, such as through a municipal bond, it could give the appearance of buying an EB-5 visa.
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The aisles and aisles of empty store shelves give the appearance that the United States, improbably and alarmingly, is running out of food.
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The aisles and aisles of empty store shelves give the appearance that the United States, improbably and alarmingly, is running out of food.
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So it's a society that, by definition, has succeeded in a lot of ways and may actually give the appearance of great energy.
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He says the politically charged comments he made about the Clintons during the contentious campaign would give the appearance that he isn't impartial.
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In the Senate, there are rules designed to ensure that Fellowship positions do not even give the appearance of a conflict of interest.
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The CPP has directed funds to grandiose malls and real estate projects, which give the appearance of progress, but only benefit an elite few.
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Attackers carrying out those kinds of campaigns can redirect users, give the appearance that the site is down or pull data from the domains.
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Such a move, they warned, would give the appearance of a corrupt attempt to short-circuit the investigation and set off a bipartisan backlash.
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"These revisions give the appearance that state input will improve and that closed-door settlements will no longer drive petition and listing decisions," he said.
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That presents those of us who disagree with their tactics with a special challenge: to shut them down may give the appearance of condoning racism.
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Those decisions give the appearance that the court's resurgent conservative wing is focused only on the results of a case—facts and reality be damned.
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Chinneck also created a puddle to give the appearance it was melting into the nearby fountains—the puddle was created from 550 pounds of wax.
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One of my things is I don't want to give the appearance that I'm like other companies because I'm really trying my hardest not to be.
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He also testified he would sit in Greenspan&aposs office for an hour once a month to give the appearance there was an actual consulting agreement.
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The building's exterior is illuminated by thousands of lights, to give the "appearance of a window looking into the depths of outer space," Khan told Hyperallergic.
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It's also possible that Icahn, a well-known poker enthusiast, was simply shopping his shares to give the appearance that he was looking to exit his position.
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Force the men on Bumble to put their clothes back on, and you'll at least give the appearance of being a more respectable, more legitimate, dating app.
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They confirmed earlier reports that the exterior of the building is comprised of flat walls but painted in such a way to give the appearance of dimension.
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But faced with then-candidate Trump's assertions that the election was being rigged, Obama was wary to give the appearance that he was interfering in the campaign.
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"There's more and more discussion among law enforcement about the importance of acting as swiftly as possible to give the appearance of accountability and transparency," Haberfeld said.
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But Trump has always been eager to exploit the optics of this to give the appearance that he's peeling people away from Pelosi's caucus — something the moderates refuted.
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" The complaint described Epstein's massage room as having a ceiling painted as a blue sky with clouds and angels, "to give the appearance that you were in heaven.
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A devotee of tennis, he's muscular and trim; he can give the appearance, when you stand next to him, of leaning over you in a slightly possessive manner.
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But one official suggested that the list aimed to give the appearance of a serious investigation when anyone with a computer science degree could've easily answered the questions.
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It's become commonplace for struggling companies to co-opt the rampant interest in cryptocurrencies to excite investors and at least give the appearance of being on the cutting edge.
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"We have agreed to every single recommendation that they've made to divest of whatever holdings we have that might even give the appearance of a possible conflict," Price said.
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Walt Disney Imagineer John Hench saved the day by brilliantly arranging them in a fountain setting to give the appearance of varied heights, only that's not the whole truth.
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Mike's only requirement was having a nonreligious ceremony, as I'm Jewish and he's Catholic and he didn't want to give the appearance of favoring one family's traditions over another.
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For the Republicans, that will give the appearance that there are ample doubts, or at least questions, about what really happened at that party more than three decades ago.
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A circular staircase in a corner of the bedroom descends to bright bonus room with colorful film added to the window tops to give the appearance of stained glass.
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At the same time, they don't want to give the appearance less than two months before Election Day of voting to defend an agency reviled by the GOP base.
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Ironically, after 15 years with a principal strategy of destroying infrastructure, the move would reorient the Taliban, or at least give the appearance of being a protectorate of such projects.
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One beauty marketer told IAS at the time: "Even appearing adjacent to stories about the president can give the appearance that we're partisan, and that's something we'd rather avoid entirely."
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Others conclude it is a ploy by Putin to give the appearance of plurality and vent some of the pressure from alternatives to United Russia before next year's presidential election.
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One concern about running the photo at the top of the front page was whether it would give the appearance of The Times making a political statement, Mr. Jolly said.
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Fresh off of its most recent scandal involving a black sweater that, worn together with a matching balaclava, would give the appearance of Blackface, Gucci's business is better than ever.
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"Women who have a long abdomen may have more space for their uterus to develop upwards rather than outwards, which can give the appearance of a smaller bump," Wilson says.
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The TV appearance might give the appearance of transparency, but the summary by Bornstein will likely fall far short of experts' calls for detailed information about Trump's health and medical history.
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The key to the upstarts' growth is selling wealth management products and borrowing from other banks, allowing them to create loans wrapped in financial instruments to give the appearance of investments.
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The star jokingly tilted her neck to give the appearance of a double chin, before revealing what she does with the blackhead-removing strips once she peels them off of her face.
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But after going back-and-forth on the matter, Trump insisted last week he be able to sign something to give the appearance of taking decisive action to end the humanitarian crisis.
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These are not the tactics of fact finders but of a determined group ready to use the outer bounds of prosecutorial power to give the appearance of a case they never proved.
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Inside the waxwork is a steel mechanism, developed by Tussaud and her sons in the 1830s, that moves a breathing chest piece to give the appearance that the waxwork is actually breathing.
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The Washington Post reported that the investigation was put on hold in 2016 so as not to give the appearance that the DOJ was attempting to influence the outcome of the election.
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The most likely outcome is that Asian crude buyers will do only the barest minimum to give the appearance of complying with whatever measures the Trump administration takes - or even openly defy them.
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Opponents of the bill, and others like it that are making their way through Missouri's House and Senate, warned that such a policy could give the appearance of promoting Christianity over other religions.
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They exude asexual wholesomeness (in the case of William and Kate) and bad-boy cheekiness (in the case of Harry), and give the appearance of working alongside, not in opposition of, public opinion.
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Kevin Knox, who can give the appearance of a child awakened from a fine afternoon nap, is talented but often fails to remember that moving one's feet is the key to playing defense.
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In fact, authorizing a limited strike can give the appearance of strength and decisiveness and can sometimes have a positive effect on approval, whether or not the strike actually achieves its intended goals.
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Failed votes aren't exactly productive legislating, but they are still useful for Senate leadership because they give the appearance of work being done and force a reset once a legislative path is blocked.
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The "Saudis are trying to engineer a fall, if not plunge, in U.S. crude oil inventories to give the appearance of global tightness," said John Kilduff, founding partner at energy hedge fund Again Capital.
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My perennial disappointment with companies like Asus, Acer, and Korea's LG is that they build PCs and peripherals that have all the latest specs but only give the appearance of a high-quality design.
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He alone knows which contestant will be the winner, and I think it's more a nod to give the appearance of bringing people together but I would be very surprised if he chooses Romney.
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It's not uncommon for some restaurants to give the appearance of serving a white truffle by using the inferior "whitish truffle" (Tuber borchii) drizzled with truffle oil to create the Italian white's pungent aroma.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday unsealed charges against eight individuals in an alleged widespread digital advertising fraud that reportedly used botnets to give the appearance of billions of humans looking at online ads.
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"The I.T.F. wouldn't do it because they wanted to have this sham tribunal of three handpicked people go and blast Maria to give the appearance that they are being tough on doping," John Haggerty said.
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Yet department lawyers told the secretary directly last summer that Carson Jr.'s involvement could violate federal ethics rules or give the appearance that the secretary was using his office for his son's private gain.
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They give the appearance of believing that either the internal improvements will carry the day for the iPhone 7, or that Apple can weather a mild sales slump this cycle, or some combination of the two.
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At the same time, minutes for last month's Fed policy meeting released on Wednesday suggested policymakers were divided over the cut and did not want to give the appearance that they were planning further rate reductions.
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At the same time, minutes of last month's Fed policy meeting released on Wednesday suggested policymakers were divided over the cut and did not want to give the appearance that they were planning further rate reductions.
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As it looks to pivot from decades of denial regarding the danger of head injuries, the NFL has dived into the rule book to at the very least give the appearance of caring about player safety.
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But if they're not in their seats when the commercial break ends and the camera scans across the Dolby Theater, seat fillers scurry into their empty spots to give the appearance that the room is full.
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Pelosi and Schumer understood that type of proposal wasn't going to gain traction with House Democrats, but wanted to give the appearance of doing what they can to get something done for the American people anyway.
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The current generation of Singapore's leaders -- right down to the upper levels of the civil service -- is so close to the Americans that they give the appearance of having mistaken the American establishment view for their own.
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He said the politically charged comments he made about Clinton during the presidential campaign would give the appearance that he is not impartial in potential probes of the private email server she used while secretary of State.
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Millions of Americans watched Trump standing behind Clinton during one of their presidential debates -- the camera capturing him at his podium at such an angle to give the appearance of shadowing, and striking a chord for women.
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For Israeli leaders, the fuel and cash flowing into Gaza — both donated by Qatar — give the appearance that they are paying hush money to Hamas, their hated enemy, responsible for many deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians.
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Instead of having lots of time, TV actually has less time — in that each episode is a short story in and of itself — but it can use its smaller stories to give the appearance of larger ones.
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The secrets behind the conspiracy are revealed piecemeal across stolen memos and and reconnaissance photos, the connections marked by pieces of twine on maze-lake corkboard collages that give the appearance of order to a largely incoherent plot.
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"Ozark" uses Marty's voice-over musings about hard work and the wages of parenthood to give the appearance of gravitas, but the show's through line is really just his resourcefulness in the face of gruesome, cartel-style justice.
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New planes feature larger windows and exterior cameras, but ideas have been floated to transform cargo areas into observation decks almost, as well as put screens on cabin walls that give the appearance of an all-window aircraft.
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Keurig's internal explanation of this move is baffling; its CEO told employees that it didn't want to give "the appearance of 'taking sides,'" which makes this entire blog post much easier to write from a moral point of view.
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Some Democrats have raised concerns about Trump politicizing the Fourth of July and have worried that the involvement of the military could damage local infrastructure and give the appearance of a show of force similar to authoritarian regimes. Rep.
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While front-page headlines over the past six months give the appearance that OGE is flexing its muscle, the truth is the agency has long been a backwater with limited tools to promote ethical behavior in the executive branch.
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One dodge to give the appearance rather than achieve the reality of reducing pollution, for example, is to pick a particularly fume-laden year as a baseline, according to Peter Williams, an expert on sustainability data at IBM, a computing firm.
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The criticisms: Some Democrats have raised concerns about Trump politicizing the Fourth of July and have worried that the involvement of the military could damage local infrastructure and give the appearance of a show of force similar to authoritarian regimes. Rep.
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Critics of the plan characterize it as a political stunt, an effort to give the appearance of strong border security to appease the President's frustration with the difficulties of getting his border wall and other aggressive immigration priorities through Congress.
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"By definition, every single business transaction I am involved with may give the appearance that I am trading on my name," Mr. Bush wrote in The Wall Street Journal during his father's 1992 campaign, referring to questions about the Nigeria deal.
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Fresh off of its most recent scandal involving a black sweater that, worn together with a matching balaclava, would give the appearance of Blackface, Gucci wants the social media record to reflect that it is now on the right side of history.
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It also has some nice features, like scheduling, a 15 amp maximum load for more power-hungry devices, and a vacation mode that turns on certain lighting appliances at random to give the appearance that you're home to any would-be burglars.
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We've got to give the appearance that we're doing good things throughout the state," he said, imagining Foxconn thinking "Let's run around and buy select buildings in Green Bay, in Eau Claire, in Downtown Milwaukee, sort of increase our public relations a little bit.
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Mr. Obama also does not wish to give the appearance that the United States is once again "going it alone" in the Middle East, and American diplomats and defense officials have made strong efforts to convince Arab countries to assume larger roles in the campaign.
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In a series titled "The Weeping Stones," Tdub Photo, a photo and video company based in Japan, were able to photograph a group of bioluminescent shrimp, which they poured over rocks in the Seto Inland Sea in Okayama, Japan to give the appearance of tears.
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It's tricky to convey exactly how good GPT-2's output is, but the model frequently produces eerily cogent writing that can often give the appearance of intelligence (though that's not to say what GPT-2 is doing involves anything we'd recognize as cognition).
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When Lance Storm and William Regal planned their match to give the appearance that they'd gone off-script, to the point of wildly over-the-top selling at the start of the match to underline the change when things got "real," that was a worked shoot.
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Sessions said during a confirmation hearing the politically charged comments he made about the Clintons during the presidential campaign would give the appearance he is not impartial in potential probes of the private email server she used while secretary of State or of the Clinton Foundation.
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Government officials testifying before Congress have broadly corroborated the Ukraine allegations against Trump: that he withheld millions in military aid for the country to fight Russia until Ukraine at least agreed to give the appearance of investigating Trump's rivals, including former Vice President Joe Biden's family.
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Instead, they have largely kept silent or, at most, pursued anemic, low-impact "sustainability" and "awareness" campaigns that give the appearance of advocacy but have done little to accomplish what the winter sports world, and the world at large, needs: rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ryan and McCarthy have been clear from the beginning: They believe the FBI and Justice Department should handle the investigation into Clinton's use of personal email for government business, and that congressional involvement could disrupt the criminal probe and give the appearance of a GOP witch hunt.
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Bea Grause, the president of the Healthcare Association of New York State, said the provision being added to the House bill might give "the appearance of tax relief," but would really just amount to shifting costs from counties to the state, while still leaving patients in need of care.
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Additionally, Sessions has implemented performance measures for judges that require them to complete 700 cases a year -- something the judges' union says is not realistic and could either jeopardize the impartial court process or give the appearance of bias, which would only slow things down further by generating numerous appeals.
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Appearing with several other acting Homeland Security officials, Kelly tried to give the appearance that the implementation of the order had gone smoothly, despite reports of chaos at airports across the country as incoming foreign travelers, including legal permanent residents with green cards, were detained by Customs and Border officials.
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The Donald J. Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee were facing the possibility of several unplanned votes from the convention floor — which would throw off the carefully choreographed schedule and give the appearance that Mr. Trump did not have control over an event intended to reintroduce him to the nation.
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"There is a certain sort of D.C. politico, and this exists on the right and the left, that really likes to play three-dimensional chess, and they think there's a smart way to give the appearance that you're doing one thing and get to your end goal through zigzags," he said.
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Click here to view original GIFInstead of rebuilding cities like New York, Boston, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. like a CG dinosaur, Alexey Zakharov used a technique where he sliced up antique photos and then carefully animated the various elements, like people, cars, and buildings, to give the appearance of actual moving footage.
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This month the crux of the drama is the Synod on Young People, a meeting of bishops in Rome that like prior synods in the Francis era is a chance for the pope to prod some alteration of church teaching on sexuality through a process stage-managed to give the appearance of consensus.
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One lawyer wrote in a memo that the son's involvement could give "the appearance that the secretary may be using his position for his son's private gain" because his son and his son's wife might be doing or seeking business with people invited to attend events on the tour, according to The Washington Post.
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This is particularly true of the tropical room's giant pots and "tofu" ceramic sculptures (which resemble large blocks of tofu, but are also a play on words criticizing the shoddy construction practices that resulted in fatalities during the Sichuan earthquake); due to their scale and pastel shades, they almost give the appearance of being Disneyland props.
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"Parents, teachers, all the others…don't tell us things change—that Prince Charming has the morals of a sewer rat, that you're supposed to live with that…and like it, or give the appearance of liking it," says the 50-something B. Albee's protagonist salvages what she can from a life chiselled by disappointments and constrained by its times.
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YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO EXECUTE THE PLAN, BUT IS -- DO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE ANY SENSITIVITY WHILE THIS APPEAL IS ONGOING TOWARD ROLLING OUT ANY PRODUCTS, MAKING ANY INITIATIVES THAT MIGHT GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF, PERHAPS, BUNDLING PRODUCTS IN SOME WAYS THAT MIGHT PROVOKE THE CRITICISM THAT, IN FACT, THIS IS ANTI-COMPETITIVE AS A MERGER?
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While his pay wasn't adjusted, executives recalculated "the amount of compensation receivable from Saikawa's share appreciation rights that had already been exercised for a fixed amount, and falsified documents to give the appearance that the share appreciation rights in question had in fact been exercised one week after the actual exercise date," according to a five-page summary of the report released Monday.
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In a series of desperate attempts to avoid the same scrutiny and outcome, Uber has changed its app in California to give the appearance of more driver autonomy, launched a $110 million ballot initiative to kill AB5, and written a letter to Trump begging for a third category with the "flexibility" of contractors and only some of the "social benefits" of employees.
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Closer inspection of the Russian proposal has rightly led the western world to believe that, as written, it is a trap, at best intended as a cynical PR move by Putin to give the appearance of seeking a peaceful solution to a conflict he began and sustains, and at worst a means of legitimizing his seizure of Ukrainian territory and "freezing" the conflict.
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A significant aspect of Gouthière's gilt bronze work is that it wasn't gold molding, but intended to give the appearance of that purity, which the artist was so skilled at suggesting in his scaly details of serpents writhing above Chinese garden seats repurposed as vases in 1782, or the chased stippling of feathers on two swans on a pair of 1770s vases.
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Either Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerMueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony MORE has the case of the century, tons of incriminating emails, and is now close to unveiling the collusion with the Russians that has been so widely repeated, or the special counsel investigation has come up empty handed, and he is now trying to bludgeon peripheral figures into plea deals to give the appearance of collusion.
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