Janus-like

This Janus-like quality, of looking both ways while maintaining contradictory views, made him both a foolish and a formidable adversary.

Gaddafi: a vicious, sinister despot driven out on tidal wave of hatred 2011

This polarizing debate is the key to Marmite's strategy, from its website to its Janus-like approach to Facebook.

Playing The Spread 2011

The second weekend continues this investigation into Berg's Janus-like persona.

Where Other Summer Festivals Fear to Tread 2010

This Janus-like strategy gives China leeway and flexibility in crafting its international political and economic policy.

Stephen Goldsmith: Geopolitics with Chinese Characteristics Goldsmith 2010

Mr. Cheney's politics of torture looks, Janus-like, in two directions: back to the past, toward exculpation for what was done under the administration he served, and into the future, toward blame for what might come under the administration that followed.

The Red Cross Torture Report: What It Means Danner, Mark 2009

Does his stumbling and Janus-like contradictions in fact mirror what is going on inside the Pentagon?

Aubrey Sarvis: The Pentagon's Awkward "If" Problem 2009

Diane Vacca: Labor Day is a bittersweet time: Janus-like, the end of summer and the start of the academic year have me looking forward and back at the same time.

Patricia Yarberry Allen: Autumn's First Kiss: a Wake-up Call Or a Sweet Fragrance? 2009

Additionally, as a Janus-like god possessing two faces, his donors doubled their donations, one to match each face.

Over Half A Million People Donated To Obama In This Year Alone 2009

With Obama poised Janus-like at the cross roads of American history, liberals await smoke signals.

OpEdNews - Diary: 11 Laugh Lines Learned in the Latest Election 2008

The Radical Right has risen to power under a Janus-like mask: to their own, they show a pious face, to their enemies, a vile one.

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