Yet, perhaps because he recognizes that the decision below presents such a weak case for a claim of judicial "legislation," petitioner makes the implausible contention that any state judicial decision in this context -- and, by implication, any state attorney general opinion or administrative ruling -- is suspect if it is not "dictated by" existing statutes.
Baldus and statistician George Woodworth described as "implausible" any contention that their results stemmed from chance or failure to take into account differences in the crimes.
As court documents spill out fresh details and documentation, few of Mr. Seagrave's contentions look implausible.
Nevertheless, the jury, by Collins's telling, was more strongly persuaded by the prosecution's central contention: It was implausible that Libby could have forgotten his role in finding out and telling reporters about Plame when he met with federal investigators.
So those familiar with Mr. Corzine's past career as co-chairman of Goldman , Sachs & Companyfind nothing implausible or unusual about his contention that, despite his campaign for senator from New Jersey, he cannot release his tax returns because of a confidentiality agreement with the company.
Many also found implausible Ms. Gu's purported main contention: that Mr. Heywood had briefly detained her son, Bo Guagua, during a visit to Britain, and then sent an e-mail threatening to "destroy" him.
Most arguments for MMR are based on DMR and the contention that it is implausible to suppose fundamental moral disagreements can always be resolved rationally.
In an implausible overreading of "The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides," Ruskin recruited Turner as an anti-capitalist, but the truth is that his mills were usually neither dark nor satanic.
Even the announcement of such a direction might arrest the despair and contention that surrounds the American-Afghan partnership, bogged down for months in increasingly implausible negotiations over a strategic partnership accord.
Emma Thompson is in contention for an Oscar nomination for Best Actress while the film is an improbable but not implausible contender in other major categories.
