The referee Anthony Taylor subsequently booked the Sunderland centre-back, but Jutkiewicz wondered if the Irishman's punishment would have been a red card had he not put his quest for a first Premier League goal ahead of more cynical concerns.
That sounds more like a national mission, or, to be cynical, a concern for the brand's image, than a focus on the bottom line.
A cynical business, maybe.
I am sorry for Vincent M. Mallozzi's experience with the Holmdel priest, and I commend him and his wife for enrolling their sons in formal religious education, but I have to question his cynical view concerning the cost involved.
After referring to mistreatment of Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib, Bingham added: "Particularly disturbing to proponents of the rule of law is the cynical lack of concern for international legality among some top officials in the Bush administration".
The National Rifle Association's cynical exploitation of concerns about media violence to obfuscate the need for gun control trivializes a very real public health issue.
Mary Ann Sternberg Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 29, 2010 To the Editor: I may be overly cynical, but has the concern about the deficit been raised as a stalking horse to prolong the economic downturn and assure Republican victories this fall?
And concerns about cynical photo-ops aside, the way Syrian refugees were welcomed to Canada this year was genuinely heartwarming.
How would his condescending appeal to black voters — a cynical signal to white moderates concerned about his racist supporters — translate into credible White House initiatives to promote racial progress?
"It does seem like a great concept, but the cynical side of me is concerned that this is going to dilute other efforts that are already out there," said Dodd Galbreath, a policy analyst and executive director of the Institute for Sustainable Practice at Lipscomb University in Nashville.
