(Initially, he had expressed doubts, then changed his mind under duress, and declared that they could be genuine, before finally agreeing that they were a fake).
The management shake-ups are always messy, and the changes are often made under duress.
But these sources are now being shopped by the company that offered to shield them (before it changed its mind under the duress of its own disgrace).
"Just as wild lands around the globe are beleaguered by human development and climate change, our oceans are under duress today more than ever before," said Jamie Williams, president of The Wilderness Society, In all, the monument will include three underwater canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon and four underwater mountains.
Under an imminent threat of further violence, the council changed its position, and unanimously ("under duress", according to Hutchinson's report) agreed to request the troops' removal.
The plan for Greece amounts to imposing centralised control under duress: accept the need to run permanent budget surpluses, change labour laws and hike VAT – or leave the euro for five years.
Meanwhile, the administration finally agreed, under duress, to release a Congressionally mandated report on the effects of climate change on various regions of the United States.
Whether by design or under duress, the party has reduced its own political demands, tempered by the profound political and economic changes that have swept Turkey and Iraq.
The gung ho culture and attitude of "fighting through it" was changed to one of early intervention at the first signs of struggle or duress.
But that cannot change the fact that the comments he made on Friday – uttered naively or under duress – still have consequences.
