A page explaining how Schulz is really not like Kafka (whom he did not translate, as was long claimed; he merely supervised and lent his name to a translation made by his fiancée) -- long the comparison of choice -- stands out, as does a chapter called "Magic and Definition," showing, as it were, the nuts and bolts of Schulz's charm.
McCarthy, who admitted the assault, claimed he merely "slapped" Pearson.
Sanders pushed back on the Post's story, yet appeared to confirm Trump's involvement by claiming he merely "weighed in, offered suggestions, like any father would do".
The U.S attorney intends to retry (This is a persecution! It is all a lie!) Claiming he merely engaged in "political horse trading" Her questions he wasn't adept at evading.
Gervais has said in interviews that he thinks he received too much credit for writing the episode, claiming he merely sent his plot ideas, along with some written scenes, to Jean through email, and it was then the staff of the show that "made it look like a Simpsons script".
Mr Terry, who has twice been stripped of England's captaincy, admitted using the words "fucking black cunt", but claimed he had merely been repeating an allegation of racism levelled against him.
In 2015, just before his arrest, Choudary claimed he was merely engaged in a "verbal jihad".
Colin Kazim-Richards had claimed he was merely engaging in "banter" with the crowd at his former club, Brighton and Hove Albion, while playing at their ground for Blackburn Rovers.
Mr. Wallace has claimed he was merely performing his assigned duties on orders from his Army superiors and M.I.5, the military intelligence agency, when he leaked the document.
Trump is sensitive about his net wealth – he recently filed a libel lawsuit against an American author who claimed he was merely a millionaire, rather than a billionaire, although a judge dismissed the case on the grounds that the writer's accusation lacked "malice".
Abu Hamza al-Masri, the Islamist cleric extradited from Britain to the US on terror charges, on Monday claimed he was merely the mouthpiece of rebel soldiers planning a coup to overthrow the Yemeni president, and played no part in the kidnapping of tourists in 1998.
