Watching "Forbrydelsen" it's clear that despite the hedging comments of the American producers, it was ordained that "The Killing" would not solve its mystery in one season, and that it would need a full second season to wrap things up.
While Mr. Summers hedged his comments to avoid fueling more extreme critics, he is clearly worried that the bank lent far too little money for humanitarian purposes during the Asian crisis, and should get out of some lending that could be handled by the private sector.
Mora hedged his comments before the Valero Alamo Bowl, saying he had no plans to leave UCLA "at this time" last week.
Greg Mankiw, head of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, has been widely criticized for telling reporters the simple truth that "outsourcing" of jobs is beneficial to the United States economy (even though he hedged his comment with a "perhaps").
Robert Talbot, a University of San Francisco law professor, marveled to reporters that the police had forgotten to put a battery in their tape recorder when they interviewed Mr. Peterson, but hedged his comment on camera.
Johnson did hedge those comments, though, saying, "I'm not ruling anything out.
Not only are these comments hedged with every imaginable caveat -- if the transition to a permanent government goes smoothly, and if the Iraqis prove capable of providing their own security -- but they are coming at a time when the U.S. is planning to increase American troop strength in Iraq in anticipation of elections scheduled for December.
But, however hedged, Mr. Obama's comment shows that he understands the stakes and that he is moving in the direction of economic reality.
Japanese officials did not flatly deny Mr. Jaczko's comments but hedged.
Mr. O'Neill's comments, however hedged, are sure to be seized upon by opponents of Mr. Bush's policy both at home and abroad.
