"I typically don't read the reviews," he said, not exactly answering the question.
"I hope I would be an advocate for people," he said, not exactly answering the question.
"The president has obviously made a policy decision to try to be as transparent as possible about our counterterrorism operations all around the world, and the fact is, all those counterterrorism operations go to great lengths to limit civilian casualties," Earnest said, not exactly answering the question.
Just answer the question!!" He has exactly the right mix of brooding menace and gimlety sulking.
An hour of browsing in each of two book rooms may not exactly answer that question, but it will certainly leave you impressed at how much has been written about our state that you haven't read.
Astronomers like Charbonneau are making strides on the journey to answer the question, "Exactly how rare are we?" On receiving the award, Charbonneau noted that it was an incredible honor, saying "It's an acknowledgement that if you take risks you're going to be rewarded.
Not only does it draw an uncomfortable distinction between the observer and what he is observing; it also fails to answer the question of exactly how the act of observation collapses the wave function.
Luckily for the rest of us, there are public opinion polls which actually answer the question of exactly what the American people want.
And it may mean engaging the Syrians, even before they answer the question of what, exactly, they were building in the desert.
But that didn't answer the question of what, exactly, was behind this nerve damage.
