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Most awkward question: Me being asked if they are under five at the cinema and saying yes, only to have them shout 'No I'm not!' Advice for other parents: Don't worry or feel pressurised about your children - you don't have to do this or buy that, send them to this class or that tutor.

(When Alan Alda, a vocal E.R.A. proponent, was asked whether he would support his daughters' being drafted, he answered emphatically "Yes," only to add that his daughters would be conscientious objectors).

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Critics of any discussions might respond that the Iranians might say yes, but to only low-level talks in Switzerland, not in Washington and Tehran.

Answer: never (0); yes, only at an open window (1); yes, sometimes (1); yes regularly (1).

Personal, yes, but only to a point, Mr. Pamuk said.

To some degree yes, but only to a certain degree.

Morrissey: The former lead singer of The Smiths is on tour, yes, but only to gather up enough anecdotes of misery so he can glumly write his next record.

Thus, despite identical instructions to press "yes" only when the participants was certain to know the word, Korean participants tended to have much higher false alarm rates.

Whenever we want to do any social work, yes, only then, otherwise (gesticulates to say no)." E2 Even among teams that report planning their activities, we notice that such only pertained to making appointments or scheduling activities within the health care unit, without mentioning any involvement of other sectors or actions outside that sphere.

Arab diplomats said Syria had decided to vote yes only after France, China and Russia dropped their opposition to the American-British resolution.

Women were asked "nowadays, at least once a week do you engage in any regular activity like brisk walking, gardening, housework, jogging, cycling etc., long enough to work up a sweat?" We defined these activities as strenuous on the basis that the participants were specifically asked to respond "yes" only if the activity was done to a level that induced sweating.

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