And a large number of ostensibly mainstream politicians and media commentators, apparently willing to pander shamelessly to the extreme right in a bid for votes or ratings, have recklessly and violently demonized enemies like "liberals" and Latino immigrants and helped to push utterly false conspiracy theories into the mainstream.
An annoyed Mr. Bloomberg declined to address the suit during a news conference about the city's budget, ostensibly because he was willing to take only questions about the budget.
Harriet Harman – deputy Labour party chief, leader of the House and, despite the ostensibly airtight denials, surely willing modestly to be swayed to succeed Gordon Brown in the top job – has finally, unintentionally, stumbled onto the core issue in the great MPs' expenses scandal.
Willing buyer, willing seller.
Many purveyors of ostensibly left-wing politics appear willing to ignore the toxicity engulfing Rahman simply because he professes to be a devout Muslim.
Shame!" the protesters shouted at stop after stop as the caravan of gay couples rode about, ostensibly in search of a clerk willing to issue marriage licenses.
I, personally, try to remain agnostic about the tablet race and I find the Android tablets to be acceptable for those not willing to enter Apple's ostensibly walled garden (which is probably very nice this time of year).
Although they are ostensibly on opposite sides of the ideological divide, Abreu said she was willing to work with Rousseff for a price: "I just want her to be willing to understand our situation, to have a grasp of the problems that the agriculture sector faces, and to help solve those problems so we can keep growing and so that Brazil can be number one for food production".
This willing silliness and cheese underpins many of the play's most ostensibly shocking moments.
With the connivance of its willing handmaidens and cronies in Washington and elsewhere -- including the ostensibly upright United Automobile Workers -- the S.U.V. is officially classified as a "light truck," a baldfaced whopper meant specifically to duck the far more stringent rules governing passenger car design, equipment and performance.
