stonewalling

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This episode led to CBS News first stonewalling, then later firing Dan Rather.

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  • Rather than grow disillusioned at these examples of political stonewalling, the activists (and all of us who support them) should take heart; these are the very people contributing to the siege of Gaza, thus the very people whose positions are weakened by such actions. —  KABOBfest
  • In reality what we have had has been years of stonewalling, anything that would have bettered the lives of the people in the north and further integrate the North and the South has become bogged down, often in the most petty manner. —  Slugger O'Toole
  • After 11 months of stonewalling, the space agency elected to withhold an unknown number of documents due to some very bizarre rationales. —  RealClimate
  • After some discovery "stonewalling," the district court awarded attorney-fees to the defendants for their time wasted on a motion to compel. —  Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)
  • "I don't think any of us thought we would encounter this kind of stonewalling," said Rep. Bill Black, R-Danville. —  pjstar.com Home RSS
 

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