When Mattson hears an answer that's different from the one he wants, he decides that his subject was evading the question, and on at least one occasion he makes a Nixon quotation mean the opposite of what was obviously intended: [Norman Vincent Peale's] The Power of Positive Thinking asked readers to embrace their internal salesmanship and overcome doubts.
Lila seemed defeated – as if Dr. Kealy was evading the real question, but relieved that her husband was at least in the doctor's hands.
"You are evading the evasion".
Yet again I pointed out that he was evading this question, and this time he veered off on to a completely different subject: the websites I read and who is funding them.
Dave Willner: "@David Appletree – You're still evading the question.
This is tantamount to evading the question of whether Serbia's government thinks there should be a military intervention.
To speak of a perpetual war against "threats" beyond the horizon, as the Bush Pentagon did, and now the Obama Pentagon does, is to evade the question whether any of the wars is, properly speaking, a war of self-defense.
You are going to have to be responsible for yourself". Evading the question, Deen puts the onus back on the individual to decide what foods to eat or not, despite the fact that she promotes unhealthful and processed foods on TV.
Four types of behaviors are scored as hostility: evading the question, irritation, and indirect and direct challenges to the interviewer.
"I do it my way, and so far it's been very successful," she said, while evading the question of her exact age ("not yet 50").
Governments are evading a crucial question.
