That would be refuting the wrong proposition, but doing so in a sleazy and conniving manner.
The jury heard dozens of conversations that showed him as foul-mouthed, boastful and conniving.
The defense rested, asserting an oblivious Taubman is being victimized by a conniving Dede Brooks.
And the idea that its Big-Brotherly government might be outfoxed by conniving welfare queens seems odd.
The market is far to devious and conniving to allow such acts of gracious abundance to occur.
But India questions why it should even discuss the territory with a government conniving in a vicious campaign of terrorism there.
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And Chancellor also found herself victim of many classic soap opera twists: conniving suitors, long-lost relatives, multiple marriages and memory lapses.
It could be a shot across the bow from a new competitor or a conniving, malicious act from an old friend.
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The characters include a genius inventor, his businessman son-in-law, a conniving Russian machinist, high-stakes litigators, wealthy buyout funds and, finally, federal prosecutors.
Vigilant Eurosceptics are usually keen to see conniving genius in European federalists.
When she nods understandingly at the sorry men who rail at her against working wives or job-stealing immigrants, is she conniving or condescending?
But the location makes the field ideal for eventual supply to China, and observers are convinced Gazprom is conniving to keep it for itself.
But this campaign concept strikes me as an effective use of social media augmenting a personality and certainly more conniving than the one Kardashian is battling.
Meanwhile, the head of the Australian secret service is also conniving.
The central labor unions that were initially trusted to lead the movement capitulated quickly under the weight of accusations that they were conniving to overthrow the government.
But knowing the conniving and deceptive nature of this regime, I do not believe it will sincerely adhere to the letter and spirit of the Annan proposals.
My mother was a willful creature she'd worked as a fashion designer with her own label for over thirty years among aggressive, conniving men, some of them gangsters.
In fact, Fosca is so much of a harpy and so conniving that it's hard to believe her hellish persistence could ever turn Giorgio into her admiring lover.
The doctor was charged with two counts of consenting or conniving to a failure to discharge a duty as a director at Puretruce, these failures being attributable to neglect.
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Otherwise, if not me, who is going to shine the bright, glaring light of truth, justice, and the American way on the dark secrets of unscrupulous brokers and conniving brokerage firms?
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The original House of Cards told of a conniving chief whip, played by Ian Richardson, who uses duplicity and guile to have himself elevated to the post of Conservative prime minister.
In this season, the coveted Iron Throne is occupied by cruel young Joffrey Baratheon, counseled by his conniving mother Cersei and his uncle Tyrion, who has been appointed Hand of the King.
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More than simply ignoring or conniving at preparations for the attack, argued India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, some of its agencies must have been actively involved in an operation of such sophistication.
Most official aid routed through Pyongyang is commandeered by one of the most vicious and conniving regimes on earth, so it is usually a vain quest to try to extend a heartfelt hand.
Although the IMs did not offer any evidence to support the claim of theft, according to sources who have seen many of the messages, the IMs portray Zuckerberg as backstabbing, conniving, and insensitive.
If the government can tell us how much to raise wages (or not) at every interval in order for living standards to be maintained, what do we need unions for, the conniving went.
Filmmaker Karl Zero, who produced Being Jacques Chirac, a documentary that portrays the president as a conniving good ol' boy, says what kept Chirac going were not his principals, but his insatiable appetite for power.
Tontines have been outlawed by most states out of a fear they would incite the sort of criminal conniving featured in comic fiction (for example, a 1996 Simpsons episode and the 1966 film The Wrong Box).
It can rely solely on compacts with the region's existing power-brokers, which often means conniving at, or even reinforcing, the corrupt practices by which they shore up their own authority and squash the emergence of rivals.
Like the city itself, the show is getting a bit stagnant in the capital city even in spite of its cast of spies and vagabonds, from Varys to Littlefinger and a conniving Lannister every time you turn a corner.
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