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These public protestations may be just the beginning for Facebook.
Yet for all his protestations, Peter is just a boy.
The man's persistence, despite her protestations, began to irritate Saleem.
But "documentary" evidence, Manfred said, gave lie to his protestations.
This isn't true, but no one listens to middle sister's protestations.
Despite his mom's protestations, Weber said he is sticking with Prewett.
His protestations of innocence have raised questions not only about Mrs.
She felt obligated, despite the protestations of her husband and sons.
Despite Democrat protestations to the contrary, there is nothing new here.
And more immediately, the C.I.A. went after Oleg, despite Stan's protestations.
Unconvinced by their protestations of ignorance, he continues his line of questioning.
It still came close, despite the protestations of many in the media.
And despite Matley's protestations, it is warmed somewhat by the Gulf Stream.
Despite his protestations, there is tangible evidence the economy is indeed slowing.
Despite Gerardo's protestations in broken Spanish, officers took the boy, Walter, away.
Protestations aside, the bigotry that runs through Trump's rhetoric is pretty blatant.
Furthermore, Republican protestations that there's no religious motivation here ring utterly hollow.
Mr. Cuomo meets such suggestions with protestations that it can't be done.
Paterno had his contract terminated in 2011, despite the protestations of students.
They had different forms of protestations to the question ... but point made.
Seven years later we learn that GOP protestations were subconscious forms of projection.
Their protestations of having no contact with Russian operatives have been proven false.
Tiquet calls the shy Benyahia "Boss," in spite of the older man's protestations.
Donald Trump is now president, and Americans are flooding Congress with pleas and protestations.
Kipman's protestations to the contrary, there is plenty of hype around the HoloLens 2.
Given the evidence provided by historians like Braun, these protestations fail to pass muster.
I suspect that Mr. Trump, despite his protestations, welcomed this publicity, especially the photos.
The second: The tyrants causing the mayhem were brought to heel, despite Russia's protestations.
This country needs a president who doesn't pout or get lost in puerile protestations.
Political calculations are woven into every Supreme Court nomination, despite protestations to the contrary.
In spite of his protestations he has been sent to the Bonne Nouvelle prison.
The composer's protestations notwithstanding, these "Song Books" have certainly entered the art-music repertory.
Translation: Despite Trump's protestations, this tax plan stands to be very good for him.
The attack appeared to get under Mr. Trump's skin, despite his protestations to the contrary.
But this is something male performers, despite Morgan's protestations, do nearly constantly and with impunity.
Despite his protestations, the jury found Romero Perez guilty on a charge of sex trafficking.
Reacting to Najib's protestations of innocence, Mahathir told a newspaper that Najib had lost credibility.
Or do we (I), despite protestations, really hope to wound some theoretical enemy out there?
Despite the protestations of the distinguished two Henrys, the Trump administration is on that course.
"There was a moment where I believed that their protestations weren't entirely legitimate," he said.
The saga shows that the sanctions are having a real impact on Russia, despite official protestations.
But in a way -- despite his daily protestations -- the President is daring them to do it.
Despite its protestations, it is plausible that the German show rallied others to troll Donald Trump.
And could he ignore the protestations of the Supreme Court when it tries to overrule him?
But much extra cash is unlikely to be found for schools, despite the increasingly voluble protestations.
Trump then denied it over Holt's protestations, saying the media has peddled a lie about him.
Despite the protestations from the Arizona Medical Association, the bill that removed those requirements easily passed.
"His endless protestations that he was not fit to be leader is classic Richard," Fiennes said.
For all of Jamie Dimon's protestations, his firm is experimenting with cross-border transfers using blockchain.
Eventually, perhaps sooner than later -- and despite his protestations to the contrary -- Trump will try again.
In these moments, May is still operating as a traditional moral theorist, his own protestations notwithstanding.
Qiao Chen, despite the protestations of his son, voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
King believed complacency and milquetoast protestations were more effective in promoting white supremacy than outright bigotry.
Qiao Chen, despite the protestations of his son, voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
It's very difficult to believe the protestations, that, 'Oh, we couldn't get it printed in time.
Slow motion running, adamant protestations, spontaneous shirt tearing — wow, was this Victoria episode a feast for romantics.
For all their protestations of political neutrality, the justices seemed well aware of the case's potential impact.
UEFA's paltry fines for racist offenses have long been a laughingstock, despite Ceferin's protestations to the contrary.
Against that backdrop, firms licensed by other countries to operate in disputed ares will face Chinese protestations.
And what if, despite Anthony's protestations to the contrary, the ability to adjust is just not there?
For all his protestations that the "number" of points in its lead is irrelevant, so does Klopp.
Eyes flashing, she roughly shoved Otello and all but spat her protestations of innocence in his face.
How do I know a more complicated approach is possible, despite all the protestations to the contrary?
But they said it didn't matter, I was the man for the job despite my protestations otherwise.
It is, regardless of all the hysterical protestations of those who would have it otherwise, incontestably mulatto.
Despite its sometimes batshit protestations that it's not a hookup app, Tinder is most definitely a hookup app.
Despite knee-jerk protestations from most of the GOP, it is inarguably right to call Trump's echo racist.
Despite our protestations, this matter did not receive the attention it deserved by the media in the campaign.
Second, his poetry is sometimes abstruse, despite his protestations that they are "so simple and natural to me".
And despite his protestations, the numbers — particularly the biggest one — haven't identified which column Trump belongs in yet.
And the race has been effectively over for a while, despite protestations of Sanders supporters to the contrary.
We do know that he is not a vegetarian—at least not full-time—despite Paul McCartney's protestations.
The title and premise might sound facile, but there's real emotional heft behind Ayoola's protestations of self-defense.
Despite Lenore's protestations, Ted uproots an already-displaced single mother and child to move the family to Cuba.
When it came time to rehearse the skit, she wrote, Mr. Franken insisted on kissing despite her protestations.
Despite the repeated protestations of politicians, decent shelter for all is just not very high on the national agenda.
But despite her protestations and appeals, the 17-year old escaped the camp and fled to Malaysia by boat.
The U.S. has said it intends to withdraw from the Cold War-era agreement, despite protestations from European allies.
Soccer America magazine has labeled his protestations "The Tedious Martyrdom of Marsch" while conceding that he has a point.
That may bode ill for tax reform efforts, despite protestations to the contrary by the Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin.
Should the giver immediately receive the returned item back and take it in stride, or are protestations warranted first?
Such protestations notwithstanding, the heat has been turned up on the Senate to hear from witnesses like Mr. Bolton.
"Despite Trump&aposs protestations, most Americans don&apost seem to mind saying or hearing the more neutral "Happy holidays.
The joke here is that, of course, Kimmy's protestations are true — but none of those men are Kimmy Schmidt.
Despite Iscove's protestations, the Discipline Committee found A and B's testimony compelling and immediately suspended Iscove's license to practice therapy.
Of course, it's no secret that Nixon, despite his constant protestations to the contrary, was in fact a crooked guy.
Just as with St. Joseph's, the local press ran articles about the allegations and protestations from people defending the nuns.
Despite their protestations of liberalism, it is clear that they are unable to see past the colour of Chris's skin.
But in a woman who claimed to believe her husband's protestations of innocence, and an avowed feminist, it seemed obnoxious.
But I have consistently had 15+ Chrome (a known battery hog, despite Google's protestations) tabs open alongside Slack and Tweetdeck.
If accurate, the news doesn't do much for official protestations claiming that the San Bernardino case is a one-off.
Protestations about an erosion of the American way of life and a restriction of personal liberties are bound to follow.
Despite the other men's protestations, Viall and Bristowe hit it off, even consummating the relationship weeks before the Fantasy Suite.
After protestations, emails, and a raised eyebrow or two about the coincidence, Facebook finally got to the bottom of it.
And despite all his protestations, House Speaker Paul Ryan would be the most likely choice in that kind of scenario.
Despite his protestations of mercy, Loring entered a judgment in favor of the slaveholder, as he believed the law required.
I hope Gilbert enjoyed spending every moment with her, after all those protestations of how he's such a devoted father.
"The boys and Artie" was a phrase I heard a lot, despite my protestations that I, too, was a boy.
These kind of maudlin protestations didn't curb Trump's appeal in the primaries or general election and they won't work now.
As Kalighi revealed, Simmons became aggressive, tearing her clothes off and — despite her protestations — forcing her to perform oral sex.
Finally, I have to believe that the president, despite his protestations to the contrary, knows what the word "permanent" means.
Despite his wife's protestations and the dire state of human rights law, Xie was eager to get back to work.
Despite her protestations that she won't be staying long, the residents take it as a given she's back for good.
One last obstacle could be the protestations of Shervin Pishevar, Kalanick's longtime ally and at one point a board observer.
These facts make it increasingly difficult to believe protestations of innocence from Steve Green and Museum of the Bible staff.
It's a smart move, and, despite Mark Zuckerberg's protestations, Dorsey makes clear that it has nothing to do with free speech.
Neither is Paul Manafort, the Washington lobbyist who now seems to have been demoted, despite the campaign's protestations to the contrary.
This was how, despite my bank account's protestations, I found myself outside the most expensive grocery store in Brooklyn Friday night.
Perhaps he made that choice out of respect for the Versace family's protestations, or maybe the show's creators feared a lawsuit.
Brundige told her he could sleep in his car that first night, and that's exactly what he did, despite Grant's protestations.
But the Fed, which typically operates cautiously, was not meant to mitigate short-term volatility in the market, despite Trump's protestations.
Americans should know that despite media protestations to the contrary, their government is working effectively, efficiently, methodically to respond to disasters.
Despite her protestations — "I don't sing, I don't dance, I don't dress up" — when the camera came out, she turned on.
Khalid, for all his lovelorn protestations, fully trusts the power of his imploring voice, which warms even his most brittle tracks.
The official said despite its protestations, China was well aware of U.S. demands it halt what Washington considers unfair trade practices.
Some have held him up as a strong contender to challenge President Donald Trump in the next presidential election despite his protestations.
But none of the Crossroads network's arsenal is being spent to support Trump, despite protestations from some supporters of the Republican nominee.
Schuman alleges that Carter performed oral sex on her despite her protestations, and then asked her to perform oral sex on him.
Cohen's newfound love of family and country stands in marked contrast to earlier protestations of supreme devotion to his client Donald Trump.
News of the phone call did little to bolster protestations from Trump's aides that he remained squarely focused on the Syria matter.
And despite his protestations that it does not, his decision must have something to do with the anticipated Republican clobbering this fall.
In many ways, though, this feels like a technology looking for a problem, despite Salesforce's protestations that customers are asking for this.
Still, the protestations of family and friends about the defendant's good character often conflict with the evidence of these white-collar crimes.
It is why he pushed for the introduction of term limits, over the protestations of some of his more tradition-minded colleagues.
"And he understands that his victory was razor thin, and all protestations to the contrary, he lost the popular vote," he added.
One thing you learn as a journalist is that when an official makes increasingly vehement protestations of innocence, you're probably getting warm.
Stevie J was flattened outside a North Carolina nightclub ... and despite protestations he left unscathed, the video tells a very different story.
Despite initial protestations, the government will pay a divorce bill that UK officials estimate will be between 40 billion and 45 billion euros.
And despite Democrats' many protestations throughout, their grousing is unlikely to be remembered amid all of the showmanship Trump displayed in the chamber.
Aziz Ansari has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who claims he repeatedly got sexually aggressive with her despite her protestations.
It remains to be seen whether or not the protestations and guidance of Jenner's friends and peers have had any effect on her.
In this universe, your weak protestations that you "love to work" serve mainly to make your boyfriend crave your full attention even more.
Such revelations from political leaders in the know should be weighed against the protestations of those intelligence bureaucrats who argue against the release.
The recent protestations smell like an effort by the players' union to elevate the issue of pre-arbitration salaries ahead of those talks.
The European Central Bank — despite German protestations — plays a more active role defending the euro and member states than it did in 2010.
In that sense, Mr. Gowdy's public protestations against the president's conclusions are contradicted by his private involvement in the drafting of the memo.
When questioned about their use, Trump has meandered between protestations about how he would never use them to refusing to answer the question.
He plied her with expensive wine, told her how pretty she was and even tried to kiss her despite her protestations, she alleged.
Despite Grace's protestations, observers at the time said they were spotted canoodling at Ivanka's 25th birthday party at the Las Vegas club Pure.
Despite all his protestations and warnings to "watch how you speak" on his "name," it's clear that Drake is a softie at heart.
One colleague even went as far to suggest that we should edit an anthology of essays killed because of the protestations of artists.
Insofar as journalists and policy makers take it as a prediction (despite the IEA's protestations to the contrary), they will adopt an undue pessimism.
Administration protestations to the contrary, the cumulative impact of the new restrictions will send an unmistakable signal that America wants to keep Muslims out.
A flight attendant insisted on pushing half-size bottles of Dasani — also made of plastic, albeit "partially sourced from plants" — despite my fervent protestations.
And perhaps the freshest example: The government barred three activists from attending a meeting with Obama, over the White House and State Department's protestations.
The Republican National Committee produced a video juxtaposing Comey's harsh words with Clinton's earlier protestations that she never sent or received information marked classified.
Despite the increasingly frantic protestations of people like Charles Barkley, analytics—and the analysts that come with it—has fully arrived in today's NBA.
The duet features a man trying to dissuade a woman from leaving a party despite her repeated protestations that she has to go home.
Despite PR-drenched protestations to the contrary, the Facebook data on 50 million people illicitly obtained by Cambridge Analytica has not been completely deleted.
The new jobs figures show that Obama handed Trump a healthy labor market despite the new president's protestations of how the numbers are reported.
And contrary to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's protestations on "Meet the Press" Sunday, this case proves he has most assuredly been given that.
Removing the American flag from an American mission demonstrates the anti-American animus of Hollywood, if we're to take their values-laden protestations seriously.
Complementing these porky protestations is "Laugh Track" (2017), a photograph of folding metal auditorium chairs plainly stenciled with a uniform "HA" on their backs.
Despite protestations to the contrary, the White House is under siege and its impact on the political effectiveness of the administration cannot be discounted.
On the same day, Representative Ruben Kihuen, a relatively unknown Democrat, was accused of propositioning his campaign finance director for sex despite her protestations.
Or it could prioritize maintaining strategic relations despite rising economic nationalism, often over the protestations of the business community and their supporters in Congress.
Suing the F.C.C. lends heft to Huawei's protestations that Washington is treating it unfairly, said Julian Ku, a professor of law at Hofstra University.
There are no reliable estimates of how often they happen; but, just like accusations of sexual assault, protestations of innocence must be taken seriously.
He told her she should be kicked out for this, despite her protestations that last time she took the test it was no problem.
Despite their protestations otherwise, these companies are essentially dividing the Apache Spark community by forcing customers to leverage their particular Apache Spark version and components.
Companies are due to start reporting the metric for this year's pay in 2018, among protestations that it is costly to calculate and isn't useful.
Still, the public silence, coupled with sporadic protestations of the city's fundamental good nature, produced an environment that felt to some Baraboo residents like denial.
Laughter emojis and homophobic slurs drowned out my protestations, and for weeks, I muted the group and ignored all the crap that piled up there.
That purchase has moved forward in recent months despite protestations from Brussels about the inherent incompatibility of Russia's S-400 with NATO systems and hardware.
Despite the players' protestations of innocence and the lack of any police charges against them, Commissioner Bell responded in what you might call Goodellian fashion.
In any case, this unexpected turn of events could lead — despite Athens's protestations to the contrary — to a re-evaluation of Greece's relations with Russia.
But Weinstein's brother's Bob was apparently unconvinced by Weinstein's protestations of innocence, according to a November 2017 email obtained by the New York Daily News.
Pichação is a product of graffiti gangs known as pichadores, whose members make death-defying ascents up high-rises to paint political protestations in black.
And David Leonhardt argues that Attorney General Bill Barr's protestations in the face of Trump's meddling are more a matter of optics than of conviction.
Rather, their view is that he is on their side and that the protestations of his opponents merely reflect the self-interested defensiveness of the establishment.
Protestations of gun rights supporters aside, public health researchers who study firearms generally agree that increased firearm ownership rates are associated with higher rates of homicide.
Even as he lifted tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico last week, Trump has maintained those tariffs on Japanese metals, despite Abe's protestations.
Despite Eminem's protestations that he would "rather have a baby through my penis than get married again," they tied the knot a second time in 2006.
Booker has predictably been asked about how he feels about an outside group that can take millions from billionaires — and his protestations have not been effusive.
Shortly afterward, he left a message on Thomas's phone, full of tearful protestations of love for both of them, along with histrionic farewells to the world.
Despite his protestations about the unfairness of litigating such serious allegations in the press, his letter's distorted presentation of facts is intended to do just that.
The protestations on the Russia issue from those who gave us Russia-reset should really be taken with a grain of salt, or preferably, ignored altogether.
In The Lorax, a pioneer and factory owner, the Once-ler, cuts down all the Truffula trees and devastates the ecosystem despite the titular creature's protestations.
The Trump administration's protestations about the limited scope of Operation Janus mean nothing because the Trump administration's words, to its critics, mean nothing at this point.
Many "Stop Trump" efforts have been vocal protestations at best — and many Republicans running for office know they need Trump's supporters to get through this election.
And despite protestations from students, faculty and alumni, amid a nationwide wave of knocking down statues and dedications, the school is hunkering down on its ideals.
He insists he was unaware he had done anything wrong, echoing Mr Ghosn's protestations that he never did anything that had not been approved by Nissan.
Let's be real here," he said over muffled protestations from Mr. Palminteri, who had called into Mr. de Blasio's weekly interview on "The Brian Lehrer Show.
A month later, Ruben Kihuen, a relatively unknown Democratic House member from Nevada, was accused of propositioning his campaign finance director for sex despite her protestations.
Mueller's new boss Larry Fuss, chief executive officer of Delta Radio, defended his hire in an interview with CNN, saying he believes Mueller's protestations of innocence.
She recounted that an allegedly drunk Kavanaugh and a friend got her in a room, shut the door and turned up the music to muffle her protestations.
But what's clear is that the MaVeNS and acquisitions rescue strategy hasn't been able to save the company from itself, despite Mayer's protestations that it was successful.
During the car ride home down Route 1 through Ipswich, my parents decided, in spite of my teary protestations, to stop for lunch at the Clam Box.
At no point does the episode minimize Abraham's crime; his protestations that he never hurt a child and merely looked at pictures come across as pathetic rationalizations.
"Despite subsequent protestations from Sir Martin's lawyers, we are well aware of the facts, and he has jeopardized" his long-term incentive plan entitlement, a spokesman said.
The baffled Max (Ugo Chukwu) is left to recover with June's pushy pal Chloe (Molly Bernard), who decides, against his protestations, that she's moving in, effective immediately.
"Despite our protestations, this matter did not receive the attention it deserved by the media in the campaign," Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in a statement.
For all McBride and Hill's protestations that none of this is meant to be read via racial politics, well, it's not like that reading's not in there.
It wasn't squarely a case about abortion rights, but Roberts, 63, and Kavanaugh, 53, decided to steer clear anyway — over the protestations of the other three Republican appointees.
And in spite of the perfunctory corporate protestations to the contrary, it doesn't take a market specialist to know who the beneficiaries of such a deal will be.
Last July, the 2nd Circuit declined to hear an interlocutory appeal of the ruling, despite online publishers' protestations that the decision would wreak fundamental changes in Internet operations.
Some analysts believe that a byzantine political intrigue may be underway: that the cabinet purge might have some degree of support from Mr. Ghani, despite his public protestations.
That Mr. Comey moved ahead despite those protestations underscores the unusual nature of Friday's revelations, which added a dramatic twist to the final days of the presidential campaign.
And for all his protestations about the political risks of gun control, the governor is no stranger to jostling for the limelight the topic can bring as well.
It's good because Anolik has an instinctive grasp of why Babitz mattered as a writer and because, despite her apparent protestations to the contrary, she's done her homework.
The move made DeepMind's years of protestations during the data governance scandal — when it had claimed repeatedly that patient data would never be shared with Google — entirely worthless.
Congress would need to approve any new funding necessary to build the wall, which Mr. Trump has insisted Mexico will finance, despite its leaders' protestations to the contrary.
She has been dealing with the mold for three years despite her protestations, she told me, and it leaves her with headaches, nausea, vision issues and constant agitation.
When the whole family shows up at her crappy L.A. apartment that night, Whitney yells down Helen's protestations that this is all because she told Sasha about Eden.
Cory Booker: Booker's protestations during the Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh were a perfect litmus test for views about him going into 2020.
Her social media accounts are suffused with protestations over claims of government overreach and posts about gun control, an issue she often addresses with images of herself holding weapons.
That this scenario enjoys most of the limelight in the Outlook is often taken as an implicit sign that this is — despite our protestations to the contrary — a forecast.
In this case, however, the hypocrisy is so blatant, given Trump's past and present statements about Islam, that no one who cares about reality can take his protestations seriously.
Still officially called the Royal Museum for Central Africa, but better known as the Africa Museum, it cannot help but ooze colonial triumphalism, despite recent protestations of egalitarian diversity.
Despite some later protestations by anti-Trump Republicans that their party had been taken over by an alien invader, the fact is that they invited Trump into their house.
McCoy's case will now, for the first time, be investigated and litigated by a legal team intent on honoring his vehement protestations of innocence, rather than conceding his guilt.
But, protestations and technology aside, it sure looked like a talk show, complete with a desk, celebrity interviews and a dimly-lit set that resembled a hotel-bar lounge.
Despite the protestations of the paper, $80 for a haircut and $180 for hair coloring is perfectly normal for central Washington, DC, commentators jumping to Ocasio-Cortez's defense said.
Here, there are confrontations with the dead and the past they represent—Dido's ghost doesn't deign to acknowledge the apologetic Aeneas's protestations—and encounters, too, with the glorious future.
Cohen's crimes are bound to reflect on the President despite his protestations, particularly if prosecutors go into even more detail Wednesday on the role that then-candidate Trump played.
Jane Doe claims the man made her engage in unwanted rough sex, ignored her requests to stop, and belittled her by laughing at her protestations and spitting on her.
It is a sign perhaps of America's few options that on Syria, despite his protestations and his constant digs at his predecessor, Donald Trump has morphed into Barack Obama.
Yet despite the protestations when it comes to the Chinese, this story of invasion is not necessarily a new one for the region on the southwest coast of France.
But they said Mr. Trump broke no laws and was acting entirely appropriately and within his powers when he did so, echoing his repeated protestations of his own innocence.
Netanyahu's lawyers contend the indictment does not hold up because the regulations for ordering meals were legally invalid and a household employee had requisitioned the food despite Netanyahu's protestations.
When next Apple must face-off with this intransigent White House over criminality or terrorism attacks at home, any protestations they make will be empty after their capitulation in China.
Despite Iran's protestations that its nuclear programme had only ever been for civilian use, the IAEA and Western governments had little doubt that its aim was to get nuclear weapons.
Certainly, the erotic appearance of many is undeniable despite her protestations, though the Tate takes pains to argue how other factors including spiritualism, music, and form fed into her practice.
Despite protestations to the contrary, the will to enforce sanctions on the part of the United States, South Korea and China has been supplanted by exemptions, non-compliance, and violations.
"It is a sign perhaps of America's few options that on Syria, despite his protestations and constant digs at his predecessor, Donald Trump has morphed into Barack Obama," Zakaria said.
Despite the protestations of those who complain that G.D.P.R. places an undue organizational burden on start-ups, it could return privacy to millions of people living in the European Union.
And despite my earlier protestations, I took the job, thinking it would give me some time and a cushion of money to think about what I really wanted to do.
As Dr. Joe Machnick explained on the Fox broadcast, every single penalty decision is reviewed by the video assistant referee system, and despite the protestations of England, this one stood.
In any other circumstance, we might likely write this off as the trite protestations of a man trapped in a toddler's temperament, full of meltdowns, magical thinking and make believe.
DENVER — Jurors who weighed a Denver radio host's protestations of innocence against Taylor Swift's powerful testimony determined Monday that he had groped her during a preconcert photo session in 2013.
Given all we know, and all we've been told, if we pass on a climate catastrophe to our descendants, they will not care much for our excuses or our protestations.
It was a truly astonishing revelation — that was then followed up with a flurry of protestations that what actually happened was far less impressive than that email thread might imply.
Despite Apple's protestations to the contrary, there really has been a sense that the iPad Pro is encroaching on Mac territory, and the macOS platform needs to get a clearer future.
Thurman told producers that she was not willing to do the stunt because she felt the car was unsafe (the producers told the Times that they do not recall Thurman's protestations).
That decision raises questions about the criminalization of political difference in a way that the Russia investigation, which rests on clear evidence of serious criminality, simply does not, Republicans' protestations aside.
Despite Chisolm's protestations that he's not for sale, he soon finds himself rounding up a posse to do what's right and not only protect the town, but help them defend themselves.
It's probably no coincidence that Saudi Arabia is unwilling to slow production despite protestations from its OPEC partners as it considers an initial public offering of its national oil company Aramco.
Despite the protestations of those who felt that the party exploited the spiritual seriousness of Catholic art, the Met's carpeted steps played host to a syncretic display of contemporary religious visuality.
"I'm warning you, I'm back again with new energy, and new care, and new protestations of the fact that I love my fans," Lee said before ending with his trademark "Excelsior."
"Despite our protestations, this matter did not receive the attention it deserved by the media in the campaign," Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in a statement Monday about Russian interference.
When the trial ended in mid-July 2015, Judge Kompisch ruled that for all his protestations, Mr. Gröning himself had taken the decision to accept "a safe desk job" at Auschwitz.
Despite his international protestations, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (like Yasir Arafat before him), has consistently denied that the Jews have a historic connection to the Temple Mount.
Whatever the Republicans' protestations, this malodorous loophole is further confirmation that congressional leaders are doing everything they can to maximize benefits for the wealthy at the expense of almost everybody else.
His protestations did nothing to stop Hannah from all but dragging him out of the house by his ear, and naturally, it seems he doesn't want any public attention on his feed.
Despite the protestations of some shale firms about low breakeven prices, the data reveal the industry struggles when prices are much below $70 per barrel for Brent and about $65 for WTI.
The OPC has long asked for more power in order to protect Canadians, and despite the protestations of data- and money-rich corporations, it might be time to give it to them.
They may also implicitly connect America to "white America" (now inclusive of Catholics, Morse's protestations notwithstanding) and view the increasing political and cultural influence of minority communities as further evidence of decline.
Think about it this way, if you catch your husband cheating odds are very good that in spite of his protestations to the contrary, this was not the one and only time.
The tech giants either want us to believe in astronomical coincidences about when they take their action, or they don't care that their protestations about how they implement their guidelines ring hollow.
Wednesday's vote will be conducted by secret ballot, which suggests that protestations of loyalty, even from cabinet ministers who took to Twitter to state their support, cannot be taken at face value.
It allowed a statement that Mr. Kelly issued on Monday, and the protestations of his closest aide, to serve as the only substantial on-record comment in response to the NBC story.
For all his protestations of being a humble chef of the woods, and his professed amazement that anyone should have heard of him, he seems to seek the validation of the establishment.
No amount of protestations by fat activists can take away my knowledge that carrying too much bulk for one's frame causes problems in moving and breathing, and that these are true physical discomforts.
These apologies, despite Rowling's protestations, are clearly designed to open a can of worms in the Harry Potter fandom, and the reply-to-fav ratio on this tweet proves she more than succeeded.
And the narrative thread about Daryl and Maggie wanting to kill Negan at all costs, despite Rick's protestations, still feels like conflict orchestrated solely to divide the longtime allies in Rick's final moments.
Deal choice; despite the protestations of the prime minister, Theresa May, there would also be a clear logic to the government calling such a vote if getting the agreement through Parliament proved impossible.
Ignoring the protestations of his family, he moved onto the block worst afflicted by gang tension, and worked day and night to build up "peace treaties" between the feuding groups of young people.
It is thus a mistake to assume that tallying firm statements of opposition, let alone vague protestations, tells us anything meaningful about what will happen when time comes to take a final vote.
Ty Dolla $ign thought he was all that Friday night outside a popular West Hollywood club, blocking traffic and ignoring the protestations of angry motorists ... that is, until the cops entered the picture.
Notably absent from the show are O'Keeffe's most popular paintings—the dilated, pillowy florals that critics insisted on reading as some sort of yonic symbology, despite her stern protestations that they were wrong.
Instead, too many are so afraid of alarming conservative white voters that they are creeping around in private whispering protestations of loyalty and love that may one distant day be realized in public.
In remarks that demonstrated Obama's lasting appeal to wide swaths of the Democratic Party, the President sought to describe country headed firmly in the right direction, despite the loud protestations otherwise by Donald Trump.
For example, the Supreme Court struck down one federal law regulating guns in or near schools and another law regulating violence against women, despite the government's protestations that the laws were really about commerce.
Democrats I spoke to viewed his protestations as fundamentally cynical, an excuse to kill a bill he was ambivalent about by placing it in conflict with the other party's most treasured recent legislative accomplishment.
Despite Mourinho's protestations, Rooney's absence here seemed to be an admission that he can no longer do that, and United's subsequent performance suggested that his teammates could thrive once out from under his shadow.
Indeed, our efforts are now provoking Moscow and Turkey throughout support for a Kurdish army in Syria, which raises fears of a Kurdish state or autonomous zone, whatever our protestations to Ankara may be.
At a closed-door fund-raiser, Trump bragged about this tactic, gleefully recounting a White House meeting with Trudeau in which he insisted, against Trudeau's protestations, that American had a trade deficit with Canada.
This is so because Strzok enjoyed the advantage of being able to shower the committees with self-serving protestations while hiding behind the restrictions on his testimony imposed by the FBI attorney hovering behind him.
Gates' plea may push Manafort to try to reach his own plea deal and cooperate with the probe, despite his protestations to the contrary, said Michael Padula, a former federal prosecutor now in private practice.
The final, terrified protestations of Lily Potter reflect the powerful protection she's able to put on him before she dies; by standing in Voldemort's way and sacrificing herself, she shields Harry from the killing curse.
Wayne Swan, a former deputy prime minister for an opposition Labour party government, told CNBC's "The Rundown " on Wednesday that despite analysts' protestations, he believed the country had a "huge bubble" in the housing sector.
That being said, many kids sleep through the cries and protestations of their siblings, especially in the first half of the night (when the deepest sleep of the night — known as slow wave sleep — occurs).
From Vladimir Putin's protestations of innocence on election meddling to Prince Mohammed bin Salman's denial that he had the journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered, Mr. Trump has shown that he trusts despots over his own government.
Katrina Pierson, who was on here just before I am, before I ever was there" — there's some cross-talk here, some protestations, some more laying on of hands — "hold on, just stop, listen to me!
A man who was found not criminally responsible for beheading a passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba will be allowed to live on his own in the future, despite protestations from his victim's family.
That said, despite its creators' protestations that this is a "fan created tribute made for fun and always totally FREE," Nintendo will probably be issuing them a cease & desist forthwith, so play it while you can.
Geimer went on to testify that Polanski licked her vulva, over her protestations (in a moment that reads as very young in the transcript, she says that he "began performing cuddliness"), and then vaginally raped her.
Apple's protestations that it's merely complying with Chinese law ring hollow when, just last year, it openly challenged a U.S. court order to assist a terrorism investigation and unlock the iPhone of a dead ISIS terrorist.
The film's sad joke—one of several—is that Brian and Kathy's protestations don't make a difference: In the end, they, like most of us, are going to make decisions based on their own self-interests.
OSLO (Reuters) - European foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday she was confident the United States would stick to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, despite its protestations to the contrary, as the deal is working.
And despite Trump's protestations that "Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon," a USA Today poll also found that Americans, 6 to 1, feel Iran is now more likely to develop nuclear weapons.
Should the Trump administration, despite the president's protestations, proceed with Miller's latest iteration of family separation at the border, detained parents will be given two options: separate from their children or remain together in detention indefinitely.
Giuliani has sought to defend himself as merely acting at Trump's behest in a series of public protestations that make it harder for Trump to deny he had any idea what his lawyer was up to.
Despite Germany's wrong and self-serving protestations, the ECB has been able to keep the economy afloat while preserving price stability, the soundness of the financial system and facilitating fiscal consolidation in nearly all EU countries.
Cuomo — who has been rumored as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, despite recent protestations — is now favored to enter a third term as governor with a track record of taking on and defeating potentially challenging Democratic opponents.
"I'm always shocked when anybody says that," he said, and understandably so, when you consider that his partner does what, despite her protestations to the contrary, looks and sounds vaguely like a very good Russell Brand imitation.
"Baby, It's Cold Outside," the duet in which a man tries to dissuade a woman from leaving a party despite her repeated protestations, has been pulled from the station's Christmas playlist amid concerns about its predatory nature.
Giuliani's arguments, despite his protestations of the president's innocence, sent a message to the president's allies in Congress: If Trump winds up in legal hot water, lawmakers get the first crack at what to do about it.
For this reason, look for President Trump to begin to tone down his rhetoric, thereby positioning Republicans to win the "silent majority" who are fed up with the rage and unending protestations of those on the left.
They'd release 10 albums in 10 years over the course of the 80s, retiring, so the plan apparently went, in the face of the desperate protestations of the millions of fans they'd garner over their time together.
Instead of reflexively retreating to a defensive crouch when she pointed out that I needed to be more careful, I acknowledged her point (albeit with a few more "I didn't have my phone" protestations), and moved on.
Noted Elisabeth Egan, the books editor for Glamour magazine, struggled with how to express her political protestations after the November presidential election, until she realized the call to send postcards to lawmakers perfectly matched her skill set.
But the protestations of Warren Buffett aside — he noted he had a lower effective tax rate than his secretary — tax rates and policy are enshrined in the Internal Revenue Code, which taxes certain assets and income differently.
Before long, however, a new woman, the unfortunately named Love (Victoria Pedretti), has caught his eye, launching him down a road similar to the one that he just navigated, despite his heavily narrated protestations to the contrary.
Our argument was that Twitter was clearly prepping for a possible sale, despite all their protestations to the contrary, because it has not been able to grow independently and its persistent tinkering with its product has not worked.
Our argument was that Twitter was clearly prepping for a possible sale, despite all their protestations to the contrary, because it has not been able to grow independently and its persistent tinkering with its product have not worked.
"The defendant's protestations of innocence and being misled into a guilty plea are demonstrably false," U.S. Attorney Brandon Van Grack, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a court filing on Friday that included the FBI notes.
Multiple sources tell me none of the FISA applications the FBI submitted to judges over the course of a year's surveillance of Page made any mention of exculpatory statements or protestations of innocence that Page made to informants.
But yesterday White told Jim Rome that it looks like Jones' story—that he never knowingly took the banned substances—might have been true all along, and that all our long-cultivated skepticism about Jones' protestations was misplaced.
In readers, this excites a wild desire, one that is, by definition, insatiable, and I think this accounts for her popularity, and for the fundamental inability of the critical class to read her accurately, despite her ongoing protestations.
Ashworth added that the ISM report reinforces the firm's belief "despite the hawkish protestations of some officials in recent days, the Federal Reserve will still cut interest rates by a further 25 basis points" at the December meeting.
Roiphe has certainly never let criticism stand in her way, and neither have the many people who have written and spoken about #MeToo in recent months, expressing, despite Roiphe's protestations to the controversy, a wide variety of views.
Despite protestations that "guns don't kill people, people kill people," and "more guns, less crime," an accumulation of high quality research shows that the proliferation of firearms as a result of weak regulation has contributed significantly to this problem.
The trial in the bridge case is scheduled to begin in September, and defense lawyers have promised to savage him and show that he knew about the lane closings, despite his protestations and "tell it like it is" slogans.
And the whole time, our fellow Mainers working there were some of the nicest people I can think of, even enduring our protestations that we weren't really from out of state — though, for all intents and purposes, we were.
For all of Mr. Brown's protestations about a long interview as we sat down, it was pretty clear by the end that the soon-to-retire governor of California would have been delighted to keep talking into the night.
One day, they chase him into a crack house where he's rescued by Juan (Mahershala Ali), a drug dealer who becomes a surrogate father figure to the boy, much to the protestations of Little's cracked-out mother (Naomie Harris).
In January, a judge in California saw through TickBox's protestations of innocence and slapped the Georgia-based company with an injunction, ordering it to keep pirate add-ons off of its devices and halt all advertisements that encourage piracy.
The president's missive also served to codify and formalize a wide range of protestations that Trump and House Republicans have worked to hone over the past three months, as the Democratic-controlled House conducted an impeachment inquiry into Trump.
Despite Jon's previous protestations that there was "no time" for romantic concerns, he eventually concluded that there wasn't much else to do on a long and boring boat trip to the North other than pay Dany a private visit.
Lately, Fey, 45, has been proving there's no shame in her black tie game, wearing an assortment of sexy, figure-flattering gowns that, despite her many protestations about being awkward or goofy, only go to prove her certifiable hot mom status.
Abe's protestations -- unusually blunt for a presidential news conference -- had the effect of making Obama apologize to Japan for the murder, even if that apology wasn't meant as a blanket regret for all of the U.S. military's incursions in the country.
That could mean tackling the platform's recommendation and search algorithms, code that seems to be incredibly good at delivering extreme content—the kind that drives more engagement despite YouTube's protestations to the contrary—to YouTube's nearly 2 billion monthly users.
He and Catharina married over the protestations of her parents, the successful brick maker Reynier Bolnes and Maria Thins, who came from a well-to-do patrician family in Gouda, a town in the southern Netherlands famous for its cheese.
We caught the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Wednesday after he pretty much rolled over on everyone in the Trump administration -- including DT himself -- by saying that despite Donald's protestations of "no quid pro quo" with Ukraine ... there absolutely was.
Safe to say, there is an increasingly shrill tone to Zuckerberg's protestations that the global content platform he commands, which pumps a daily digest of news, information and entertainment into the screens on its 1BN+ users, is not a media company.
" Finally, despite his friends' protestations, Stephen finishes by both debasing and celebrating himself: "I am going to sound like such a … such a … the ultimate bleeding-heart liberal … How do you like that — I'm 30 and I've finally acquired politics!
There's no reason, despite their protestations, that nominees for the highest court in the land can't give the public straight answers to these questions and many more like them — several, including Chief Justice Roberts himself, did so in the past.
The bottom line: As a result, despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg's protestations that Facebook has turned over a new leaf when it comes to protecting users' information, the impression the company has given the world is that Facebook will never change.
Despite all the protestations of State Department officials and Ukrainian journalists who painstakingly show that the accusations that Joe Biden helped fire a Ukrainian prosecutor to protect his son are specious, Mr. Trump and his allies have responded by repeating them.
"By rolling out the deployment of THAAD despite Beijing's repeated protestations, Seoul has willfully ignored Beijing's concerns due to its fears about Pyongyang's intentions and the pressure applied by Washington in pursuit of its own aims," the China Daily editorial said.
OSLO (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Monday the Trump administration will end up abiding by the 2015 nuclear deal despite its protestations to the contrary because it is in the national interest of the United States.
"The defendant's protestations of innocence and being misled into a guilty plea are demonstrably false," wrote prosecutor Brandon Van Grack, who handled Flynn's case for Mueller and is now the lead prosecutor on it for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington.
"John Kasich must continue to fight Donald Trump for delegates in order to prevent Trump's reaching 1,237, and despite his protestations, Ted Cruz is not going to achieve that magic number either," Weaver wrote in a strategy memo sent to reporters.
The first is in Congress, where a bipartisan effort is underway to introduce new sanctions on Iran that, despite the protestations of the legislation's sponsors, would violate the terms of the nuclear agreement by adding new conditions onto the deal.
Eventually, AI will have to be regulated and subject to strict safety standards (despite the corporate world's protestations), particularly when the scale of its power reaches the stage when AI can inflict tremendous harm—both to individuals and to society as a whole.
In return, members of the evangelical "old guard" — from Jerry Falwell Jr. to Tony Perkins — have continued to vociferously support Trump, even going so far as to suggest his presidency was preordained by God, despite the protestations of an increasingly vocal evangelical minority.
By these frequent protestations their attachment to the faith was continually fortified; and in proportion to the increase of zeal, they combated with the more ardor and success in the holy war, which they had undertaken against the empire of the demons.
North Korea claims that this recent mobilization is the largest US military move to Australia since World War II.North Korea's protestations about US Marines in Australia come on the heels of threats by the dictatorship to nuke the land down under if necessary.
Though Connor has since taken to Twitter to deny the allegation, saying it only comes on the heels of his posing for the cover of the British art and fashion magazine Exit, Broadly has obtained documents that cast doubt in on his protestations.
Finally, I would like to turn to the protestations of two journalists, Jeffrey Goldberg and Laura Rozen, who felt wounded by a very brief passage in my article, in which they were named as people who "helped retail" the administration's talking points.
The judges said that despite the protestations of Kraft, Brady and the N.F.L. Players Association, Goodell was merely acting on the powers to which the league and union had agreed in their labor deal, the latest of which was signed in 2011.
"The United States has always sought to use its nuclear weapons for more than deterrence despite protestations to the contrary," Martin Pfeiffer, a PhD candidate at the University of New Mexico who studies the culture of nuclear weapons, told me over Twitter.
Yet all these protestations will be for nothing if, as the deadline approaches for the White House to make its determination about the number of refugees to be admitted next year, the administration decides to decimate the United States refugee resettlement program.
Not surprisingly, Mr. Trump has neglected to explain to the American people that he has signed us up for an indefinite, Korea-style stay in Afghanistan, primarily for the purpose of maintaining stability and — despite his protestations — to conduct military-led nation-building.
Pretty much every specific outrage critics have identified in Purdue's behavior appears in Angell's analysis, including the "jaw-dropping" gifts doctors may receive for prescribing a company's drugs, the subtle advertisement masquerading as education and the lukewarm, often ineffective protestations by regulatory agencies.
Senators also confirmed 82 last-minute appointees of Mr. Walker's despite the protestations of legislative Democrats, who said the candidates had not been thoroughly vetted, and of Mr. Evers, who asked that the posts remain vacant until he takes office in January.
It might occur to you that while Mr. Gruffudd is perfectly fine as the problematic Andrew — whose protestations could indicate innocent indignation or anger at being found out — the role would have been right in the wheelhouse of the "Broadchurch" star David Tennant.
From corporate boardrooms to foreign capitals, it argued that 53G was too important to cede to a foreign adversary, and despite its protestations of respectability, Huawei had a troubled history of skirting US law and helping some of the world's worst regimes.
Choice opponents' protestations, sweeping statements, and heated rhetoric may serve well as a temporary balm for the fact that their rigid vision of education is rapidly fading into the mists of history, but they ultimately cannot slow the inexorable march of educational progress.
But her youthful protestations hardly took priority at the time: A couple of years prior, her father, Jean-François Lemoine, a newspaper publisher who had fostered the local contemporary arts scene in Bordeaux, had been in a car accident that left him paraplegic.
Of course what's been most surprising this year have been the various actions from higher up the corporate food chain of these firms, beginning with Google employees' protestations over working on technology for drone AI at the Pentagon's behest as part of Project Maven.
Yet, despite Allegri's protestations about how winning should never be undervalued, it was strangely unsatisfying, especially as it came four days after they were knocked out of the Champions League — the competition they really wanted to win — in the quarter-finals by Ajax Amsterdam.
Pogba still finds himself locked in a relationship with his manager, Mourinho, that might best be described as uneasy, for all the public protestations of both to the contrary, and a humbling 3-0 home defeat to Tottenham on Monday will not help matters.
But their protestations usually run into one stubborn fact: The president really does watch and absorb copious amounts of cable news, whether in the bank of screens near the Oval Office or via the souped-up DVR he uses in the White House residence.
It might be tempting for some of the president's supporters to assume that Mr. Trump's embrace of Mr. Kim's protestations of innocence was a one-time occurrence that emerged from his diplomatic efforts to woo Mr. Kim during negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons.
CM Punk is one of the two or three greatest pro wrestlers of his generation, and despite his protestations that he'll be back in a MMA ring to give it another go, he was irrevocably reduced and placed himself into a career corner by his first attempt.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snap are all being used to tell stories of victims and post requests for aid — often over the protestations of law enforcement and other first responders — in what Preston called the first big hurricane to make landfall in the social media age.
Mr. Mankiewicz insisted she recuperate in his two-bedroom Beverly Hills condominium (ultimately she would have eight operations) in spite of her protestations that she could stay at her own place and simply lie on her couch, have the pharmacy deliver medicine and order takeout food.
But when the time comes for a Chicago or Illinois bankruptcy and Treasury finds itself obliged to help, why would we expect it to do anything other than take what's already on the shelf and haircut general obligation bonds, regardless of any protestations to the contrary?
A nativist, sexist, arguably fascist and racist demagogue who twists the truth is the front-runner in the race to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee, over the protestations of the party's establishment, who rightly view his ascendance as an existential threat to an already tattered brand.
All of which is to say that despite Democrats' occasional protestations of bafflement as to why the GOP would so uniformly oppose a market-based approach to universal health care that Mitt Romney happily adopted in the mid-aughts in Massachusetts, there's no real mystery here.
What matters most to me about this sordid tale is the way it fits into a pattern of behavior and a Trump worldview about women: that they are mere objects and opportunities, a reward owed to men of wealth, and that objections and protestations are invalid.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN)A Florida judge set bond Tuesday at $500,000 for Zachary Cruz, the younger brother of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, for a misdemeanor trespassing charge, despite protestations from his defense attorney, who said his client was being punished for his brother's crime.
The botched outcome of the arrest warrant for Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of the infamous drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is a stark reminder of where power is held south of the border; political protestations from down under should be taken with a pinch of salt.
But Mr. Stevens told Mr. Abdallah, the Libyan party chief, that when he raised the issue with his Qatari and Emirati counterparts, he was met either with outright denials or with protestations that the shipments had gone through blessed official channels, namely government ministers aligned with various factions.
"Given the prospect of GDP correcting lower in 2Q19, we doubt the market will want to significantly re-price BoE (Bank of England) tightening (8 basis points of hikes priced over the next year) despite hawkish protestations from the BoE," ING analysts said in a note sent to clients.
Mourinho's protestations of sweetness and light convinced few after a season in which the pair's verbal flak has been the overriding soundtrack to another campaign in which Mourinho, once seen as the master man manager, has again failed to coax the best from Pogba on a consistent basis.
And though serving as speaker is not generally a path to the presidency, most of Washington believes that Ryan, the 2012 vice presidential nominee, still holds out hope of his own future White House run, despite his frequent protestations of rumors he would seek the office this year.
But thanks to Marcus taking 100-percent charge of things (and acting, against his protestations, as a sort of 'Oprah for business'), SJC managed a dramatic turnaround that saw Scott taking creative control once again; the introduction of a broader product line; and the Ciprari family bond restored.
Ched Evans, the Welsh soccer player whose career was derailed by his conviction on charges of raping a 19-year-old waitress in a hotel, and whose consistent protestations of innocence brought him both support and scorn, was found not guilty Friday after a retrial of the case.
Senators say they aren't supposed to disclose the details of what was discussed, and they've already made clear they won't be going through the usual committee process — despite those years of protestations that Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act in the dead of night without any public debate.
In this case, Kimmy's (legitimate) protestations that she was just being friendly and didn't mean it are echoes of real-world protests from some men (Charlie Rose, for instance, or Morgan Freeman) that they did nothing wrong, and that their attempts at humor were merely "misinterpreted" by their colleagues.
And while the report's authors won't say if China is a "peer competitor" — a wonky term meaning that China is basically as powerful as the United States in all domains — they note that Beijing's military could further advance its interests in the South China Sea despite American protestations.
China has shown a knack for aggressive behavior in the East and South China Seas — waters where Beijing, through sovereignty claims and the building of controversial military bases and naval ports, has asserted its power despite protestations from the U.S. and nearby neighbors including Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Despite the protestations of almost 200 former intelligence officials, common sense suggests that there was good reason to revoke John BrennanJohn Owen BrennanWebb: Questions for Robert Mueller A brief timeline of Trump's clashes with intelligence director Dan Coats Trump critic Brennan praises his Iran decision: I 'applaud' him MORE's security clearance.
For the sake of the rule of law and peaceful transfer of power, both parties should require anyone seeking to be one of the college's electors to pledge that they will not withhold, delay or alter their vote based on the claims or protestations of any candidate, including President Trump.
The bulk of the book consists of Grandison delivering life lessons to, and being praised by, his many admirers; what little plot it has concerns a love triangle in which our hero, though blameless—according to his own protestations—winds up entangled with two women, both desperately in love with him.
Contrary to her protestations, while ageism may be part of what's stymieing Madonna — and it's worth noting that she's had seven top 10 singles since her 40th birthday, a herculean achievement in pop — the thing that's most certainly holding her back is music unbefitting and unreflective of her status as pop's Doyenne Supreme.
New Book Reveals Edward R. Murrow&aposs Years As a Government Propagandist"I don't mind being called a propagandist," Edward R. Murrow told a reporter at the Miami Herald in …Read more ReadDespite the fact that the loudest protestations are coming from a propaganda arm of the United States, they're not wrong.
Despite Ryan's protestations at the CNN event that "I don't think Hillary Clinton's going to support any of the things that you stand for, if you're a Republican," the fact of the matter is there are a lot of areas where Clinton is going to support things Paul Ryan personally stands for.
Yet, after all his expressions of contempt for the moral depravity of Kim's rule, and the hopes he has built up among North Korean exiles and in the international human rights community, it is doubtful Pyongyang (or Beijing) will ever take at face value Trump administration protestations of innocent intentions toward the regime.
Although Iranian leaders have issued these type of public threats in the past and not acted upon them, it is hard to know precisely just how far Tehran may be willing to go if its leaders are convinced, despite White House protestations to the contrary, that the survival of the regime is threatened.
As for the response when -- more likely than if -- Gervais ruffles some well-adorned feathers, any protestations of surprise from NBC or the HFPA will have less credibility than a fictional character's long-ago assertion that he was shocked, shocked to discover that gambling was going on at a certain Casablanca café.
Immigration activists may have, eventually, worn Obama down on the use of executive authority to protect unauthorized immigrants, but his protestations that he wasn't a "king" seemed to come from a genuine place ideologically: The constitutional law professor protesting, exasperatedly, that his students were seeing something in the Constitution that simply wasn't there.
"This meeting was largely devoid of the witty banter and joint red carpet appearances between [Saudi oil minister Khalid] al-Falih and his Russian counterpart (and official meeting co-chair) Alexander Novak that characterized the May meeting, despite protestations that the relationship remained robust," RBC Capital Markets' Helima Croft said in a note last night.
A video showing him using the N-word as a teen, his days as a Minecraft streamer, debates about cultural appropriation, his protestations that white rappers face a unique struggle: these all seemed to confirm the sense, among his fan base, that he was just an earnest young man feeling his way through the world.
Once allocated in whatever mode the state's lawmakers designate  —  every state and Washington, DC benevolently decided on a popular-vote method where we, the people, get to have a say  —  electors are required to cast their ballots with a pair of Article II stipulations that make concentrated protestations and threats against them much more difficult to have an impact.
Mr. Hook's protestations that he would like nothing more than to open an embassy and facilitate travel for Iranians won't be taken seriously by the Iranian people, especially as one of the first measures of the Trump administration was the Muslim travel ban, which includes all Iranians who can no longer travel to the United States.
The Saudis insist they have not been supporting extremism, but these protestations of innocence are difficult to take seriously given the names of some of the institutions involved, such as the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, Va. Apologists for the kingdom sometimes argue that there is a distinction between what private Saudi institutions do and what the government does.
The music business is moving toward the streaming model, despite all sorts of protestations — from performers and songwriters, who worry about their bottom lines; from fans, who worry about ease of use and unfettered access to their favorite songs; and increasingly, from streaming services themselves, who spend investors' money more rapidly than they can rake in revenue.
And his public comments — which openly waffled between the need to be "tough" and protestations that the president had a "big heart" — made it clear that there was some ambivalence in the White House about stripping protections from people who, for the most part, had grown up in the US. The Department of Homeland Security said that DACA remained in place.
Against the euro the British currency dropped 0.1% to 86.30 pence "Given the prospect of GDP correcting lower in 2Q19, we doubt the market will want to significantly re-price BoE (Bank of England) tightening (8 basis points of hikes priced over the next year) despite hawkish protestations from the BoE," ING analysts said in a note sent to clients.
Here's a screenshot of one of the text message conversations that took place between August and September in which Volker and Andrey Yermak, a top Ukrainian official, discuss the possibility of having Zelensky announce the opening of a probe into the Bidens: This looks really, really bad for the administration, despite Republican protestations that the texts were "cherry-picked" by Democrats.
Despite those protestations, Ryan has spent his first few months as Speaker aggressively courting some of the same Freedom Caucus conservatives who forced his predecessor, John BoehnerJohn Andrew BoehnerLobbyists race to cash in on cannabis boom Rising star Ratcliffe faces battle to become Trump's intel chief This little engine delivers results for DC children MORE, out of office last fall.
Despite protestations in the past that the two OS would be kept separate, this change would be good news for Chrome OS users, who may soon get access to a bigger and better store than the one they're used to: Google Play has more software, accepts payment in more countries, and has had better support than its Chrome OS cousin over the past few years.
But that balancing act went to hell the minute he stood before America and stated, "Pursuant to rule 40d of the rules of the Republican Party, I formally declare Donald J. Trump and Michael R. Pence the Republican nominees for president and vice president of these United States..." It's hard to imagine a better way to make Ryan's protestations that he was uncomfortable with Trump seem phony and worthless.
The war enjoyed broad (and bipartisan) support in 21991, with 21991 percent of Americans polled by Gallup saying that they supported the war against Iraq in May of that year (and despite his more recent protestations, that number included Donald Trump.) But nearly 20113 years later, a majority of Americans think that the United States made a mistake sending troops to Iraq, a perspective that has played an increasingly large role in our politics.
We know, Trump's protestations aside, that they managed to successfully make contact with several Trump campaign officials, ranging from junior figures like Papadopoulos to at least one member of the inner circle, Donald Trump Jr. Russia made so many different efforts to reach out to the Trump team, through so many different avenues, that the Mueller team has a lot of leads to follow as they try to piece together the nature of Trump's true ties to the Kremlin.
He is not a leader who will be swayed by the hyperbolic protestations of Arab rulers or the leaders in capitals across Europe who have been more interested in cheerleading for the corrupt and inept Palestinian Authority than doing the right thing and standing at the side of Israel, a fellow democracy which champions the rule of law, accountability, a free press, human rights and a long list of other values that resonate with Americans and should resonate with other democracies worldwide.
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