In Bustros's case, his prevaricating goes beyond false depictions of the plight of Christians.

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" Mr. Baker reminds us that Joseph Addison, Defoe's contemporary, called him "a false, shuffling, prevaricating rascal.

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Then there are prevaricating pseudo-decisions, like Mr Brown's establishment of umpteen policy reviews.

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The MPs urge the Green Ministers Committee to "stop prevaricating" and adopt a firm target for the establishment of environmental management systems throughout government.

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Mr Mugabe is still prevaricating over the Abuja agreement, saying he needs the approval of his party's politburo and his cabinet, neither of which has met yet.

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Could a man who serially told an untruth about one critical aspect of his military career - including on the Senate floor - be prevaricating as well about other aspects of his service?

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Weiner can expect opponents to hammer at his prior prevaricating, and he said in a recent interview on the RNN cable network that he couldn't guarantee that no more pictures or people would emerge.

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"Policing is collapsing in this society because the SDLP and Sinn Fein are prevaricating about getting on board with the police boards and there is a grave set of double standards when it comes to policing, " he said.

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