Then, half question, half statement, he said, "I could carry your groceries for you?
As it turns out, the site has a page-and-a-half statement that says he would rely on private markets and state leadership but gives no hint of what it would cost or who would pay.
There were only rumors and half-statements: "He made statements against Cuba," was heard in some official circles; "Julio sang for Pinochet in Chile," warned the most furious militants, in reference to the artist's 1977 trip to that South American country.
I had no idea the so-called "King of All Semicoherence," the same portly n' pungent pundit who recently claimed on his radio show, in some sort of semi-garbled nonsensical half-statement, that the Japan earthquake/tsunami and subsequent nuke meltdown are very likely "a message from God," and we'd best "buckle up" because we're in for "a very bumpy ride" because of -- well, I'm not sure what.
In addition to Ms. Bachmann, Mr. Santorum and Mr. Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich round out the group of candidates who had more than half their statements judged more wrong than right, although just barely for Mr. Gingrich.
The NQT's students were certainly a challenge; set five of six, 70% of the students were classed as pupil premium and over half had statements of educational need, yet all were now on task and making progress.
The moderate middle view is the one I find unconvincing: the "glass half full" statements of Brussels based diplomats, Eurocrats and spokesmen.Mr Delors talked about the dollar, arguing that European leaders had not done enough to push for a re-balancing of the global monetary system, in which the European single currency played more of a role.
Half the statements are phrased from a traditional perspective and thus are reverse scored where circling a 1 (strongly disagree) is scored as four points.
Half saw statements like, "Last year, Mark was having an affair with his assistant and was taking hush money from a prominent constituent".
If you add in their half true statements, (19%) only 22% of what is heard on Fox is truthful and accurate.
In good questionnaire design, where knowledge is being evaluated, half the statements need to be framed so that a positive response is correct, and half vice versa, thus prompting the respondents to think more carefully about their responses, so minimising bias or guessing [ 28].
