Quotes about corroborate (15 Quotes)


    We took this threat seriously. We tried a number of avenues and we asked for his assistance in trying to corroborate the threats. But we were unable to produce enough information.

    For generations, many people have known that Jefferson fathered children by Sally Hemings, ... The much publicized results of DNA tests several years ago simply corroborate what had been common knowledge. Over the years, certain highly regarded scholars defended Jefferson's 'purity,' categorically denying claims that there had been a sexual relationship between master and slave. Since those 'revelations,' some of them have retreated from their former position of 'It didn't happen' only to insist that the affair between Hemings and Jefferson was an exception. But in fact such affairs, far from being exceptional, were fairly commonplace. That's part of what I wanted to convey by 'the American way' of the title.

    I have no doubt Ms. Witherspoon was besieged by the paparazzi that day. But through witnesses and videotapes, we weren't able to corroborate the incident Ms. Witherspoon described,

    I have not seen anything that would--any evidence of that--that would corroborate that. There's certainly violence there that needs to be dealt with but there are also political and economic problems that sort of underlie the problem--the violence.



    Not every anti-Semitic incident is a hate crime that can be prosecuted. Not every slur or statement is actually illegal or a crime. What we document are incidents, reports that people give to us that we research and we corroborate.


    Today the market caught the double-dip disease. Recent economic data, like yesterday's Tuesday's consumer confidence number, seems to corroborate opinion about deceleration in growth.

    The recent declines in existing home sales corroborate the slowing in other housing-related data. We expect additional slowing in the housing market, including prices, in 2006. In turn, the cooling will probably result in a moderation in overall growth.


    We obviously always urge people to do their research. If you hear it on TV, it doesn't make it true. Watching TV is not research. You need to independently corroborate information you hear about a company's prospects.

    The real surprise is the strength in exports. These sharp increases in computer-related exports corroborate recent U.S. industrial-production data that show marked strength in high-tech industries.

    If you're down 10 percent and you time it appropriately, then you could be up 18 percent at the end of the year as opposed to 8 percent. That's why I'd look at whether the economic signals corroborate the technical signals.

    A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.

    Although the Fed likely will remain on hold next Tuesday, the ongoing strength of the U. S. economy, which today's data corroborate, may force it into action at a later date.



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