"The individuals involved in his murder took away a man with children who depended upon their daddy on a daily basis," she added, arguing he "simply tried to earn a living to take care of his children".
His relations with kids were healthy, Jackson argued – he was simply attracted by their "purity and innocence".
Yet given that he had correctly identified the German threat and had taken measures to combat it, it could be argued he was simply unlucky.
The confession was offered as proof that Mr. Caraballo, who has argued he was simply documenting the events, believed Mr. Idema was trying to stop terrorists.
He didn't yell at people: if someone said something he didn't like, he wouldn't argue; he would simply not invite that person to the next meeting, or the person would be fired.
Not only did the Fed fail to check the progress of the 'irrational exuberance' which Greenspan himself had recognised; but by allowing the bubble to inflate, and then cutting interest rates when it burst to keep the economy from plunging into a prolonged recession, some argue he has simply pumped up a new, and potentially more damaging bubble, this time in the housing market.
Smith, however, argues he is simply taking seriously Congress's oversight responsibility.
In making the first half of this case, he finds himself going head to head with perfect courtesy, it should be said with some Jewish critiques of the New Testament. Whatever Jesuswas, the pope argues, he was not simply a free-thinking rabbi who told people to lighten up and ignore the finer points of the Mosaic law.
Jon S. Corzine, a Democrat who was governor, cut deals with these fellows, and Mr. Christie might argue that he simply plays the game with more panache.
The Broadway publicist who used to represent the troubled musical "Rebecca" has asked a State Supreme Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses him of torpedoing the show last fall, arguing that he simply warned a potential investor that its producers had fallen prey to a fraud scheme.
