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The applicant submits that he had previously been told by Canadian officials that an emergency passport would issue if he secured an itinerary but that following this potential flight, the respondents changed the goal-posts, requiring him to have a paid itinerary before an emergency passport would issue.

Archive 2009-06-01 2009

So technically, they moved the goal-posts instead of losing the game.

Joshua Robert Wiese: Smoke Clearing From the Ashes of Copenhagen: A View From Bonn 2010

Anything beyond that is moving the goal-posts ... in the fourth quarter ... after the losing team decided that you're allowed to use your hands if you're playing soccer in America.

Paterson says Clinton frustrated, not desperate 2008

Polls change as frequently as the goal-posts your inept campaign has set up.

Clinton: Obama more likely to lose 2008

So technically, they moved the goal-posts instead of losing the game.

Smoke Clearing From the Ashes of Copenhagen: A View From Bonn Joshua Robert Wiese 2010

You cannot win political arguments with groups who tell lies as part of their strategy, who change the goal-posts, who spread misinformation and seek to undermine the very process of debate.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

The applicant submits that he had previously been told by Canadian officials that an emergency passport would issue if he secured an itinerary but that following this potential flight, the respondents changed the goal-posts, requiring him to have a paid itinerary before an emergency passport would issue.

Abdelrazik: stunning setback for the Harper regime 2009

Brown is trying to move the goal-posts and use his power in a way that could give his party an advantage and disadvantage the Tories.

Archive 2009-06-01 Mark Reckons 2009

She keeps moving the goal-posts but she is running out of field.

Newsweek Poll: Obama's Lead Over Clinton Down Since PA Loss -- But He's Still Ahead 2009

You cannot win political arguments with groups who tell lies as part of their strategy, who change the goal-posts, who spread misinformation and seek to undermine the very process of debate.

A less than engaging strategy 2009