But doubts about his sincerity are fuelled by his failure to groom anyone for the post.
Akins mouthed an apology but his determination to stay in the senatorial race undermines his sincerity.
When Mr. Ryan's ideas had no chance of enactment, liberals praised his sincerity.
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Mr Habibie's many critics may be unfair about his sincerity and competence.
He could take one profound step to show his sincerity by meeting with parents and young people who have been personally affected by anti-gay violence or family rejection.
To take their advice would be to abandon not only the ground that Romney has worked so hard to stake but also the supporters who stood by him when others questioned his sincerity.
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Doubts about his sincerity may grow.
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The risk lies, rather, in something that the Lewinsky-Rwanda convergence shows: Clinton's willingness to use words as if he did not understand that they have real meanings and consequences, as if his intense, fleeting sincerity--his shoeshine and his smile, or his wagging finger, or sidelong laser glance, or his bitten lip: his sheer performance--were sufficient.
How does he convince himself of his flatterers' sincerity, especially when he's got his own cynic philosopher, Apemantus, telling him the truth?
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But Israel dismissed his gesture, doubting its sincerity, and kept his name on its list of targets.
But despite his patriotism and sincerity, Secretary Gates has embraced what might be called the standard bureaucratic response to fiscal challenges.
He will need as few impediments as possible once Mr Kohl starts bearing down on him, challenging his reliability and sincerity.
You know how he sometimes says really silly things, wrapped up in that phoney sincerity of his?
Thein Sein, the former general who donned civvies to become president, met her in August, and persuaded her of the sincerity of his reformism.
Yet some observers still question the sincerity of his makeover.
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President Clinton, whose cynicism never loses its power to astonish, put on a long face and, with that tone of sincerity that betokens his tendentiousness, lamented that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty had become tangled in politics.
Leo Kay's recital of his memories was told with impressive sincerity and made for a captivating performance.
"It's a dual purpose product so both you and your horse can have that quality sheen, " says Spurlock with his unique blend of sarcasm and sincerity.
But those of the centre and right who also opposed apartheid found their sincerity angrily questioned by Bishop Huddleston when they did not accept his view that the only way to end apartheid was by sanctions.
His raucous fake persona stands in such sharp contrast to the actual Colbert, whose sincerity and modesty claw their way to the surface every now and again.
According to some reports, at the meeting Zhu expressed his appreciation for the American decision and sought to show China's determination and sincerity to reach an overall agreement.
Mr. Romney regained his front-runner status in Florida in part by questioning Mr. Gingrich's sincerity and stability as a leader.
Challenged by anti-agreement assemblymen to state his current position on decommissioning, Mr Trimble merely said he would test in various ways the sincerity of those newly committed to peace and democracy.
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