Yankees gasping, grasping Aug 24, 2008
The leading question on replayThe fear umpires have about using instant replay on boundary calls is that it will lead to expanded use. One umpire made a good point, saying, "There'll be a controversial call and people will start saying, 'We have the technology, so why don't we use it for other things?' Then pressure will mount on the higher-ups and they'll succumb to the public pressure and start using it for everything." MLB officials have said that won't happen, but we'll see. (Boston Globe)
Hints for Good Interviewing Aug 17, 2008
Suggestive or leading questions are viewed as unprofessional and the interviewer may be mistakenly perceived as manipulative or deceptive ... Not only will the interviewer receive a one-word answer since the subject is not asked to elaborate, but a leading question presumes a particular answer. (Suite101.com)
(R) Nets Don't Hesitate to Properly Identify Ted Stevens as Republican Aug 12, 2008
Her comment came after fill-in host Mike Barnicle read a statement from the Club for Growth rebuking McCain for saying that raising the Social Security tax is not "off the table." Barnicle posed this leading question to her: "Can any sane politician, Chrystia, make an adamant, set in stone statement given the fact that we're a country at war with an energy crisis -- about never raising any tax under any circumstances?" She agreed "it would be extremely imprudent" to do so given the "dire... (MediaResearch.org)
It's OK to gym, but don't try too hard Aug 9, 2008
By Tuesday The Wall Street Journal was forced to issue a correction conceding that its reporter had solicited the "beanpole" quote by posting the following, slightly leading question on a Yahoo. chat-site: "Does anyone out there think Barack Obama is too thin to be president?". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Net firms pledge no spying in filesharing crackdown Jul 25, 2008
But figures published in May by research group The Leading Question showed that the number of music fans regularly buying downloads fell from 16% in 2006 to 14% in 2007. On average, music fans pay for 3. (guardian.co.uk)
Rockbama Plays Baghdad Jul 21, 2008
It s not, as the Washington Post declared melodramatically, that Obama s foreign policy credentials are at stake in his tour of the Middle East and Europe this week. Obama has no credentials to risk. (Human Events Online)
McCain Stumbles Over Awkward Wife-Beating Joke... Jun 28, 2008
To be clear, McCain was alluding to the fictitious leading question "When did you stop beating your wife, senator?" It's a bit of distasteful DC yuckery so commonly quoted it's hackneyed. But considering the subject McCain was discussing at the time, to allude to that joke was, well. (The Drudge Report)
Editor's notes: Its a big club Jun 27, 2008
On his interview program, which I recall watching several years ago, while, I believe, Moynihan was still a senator (he left the Senate in 2001), Russert asked him a leading question, and Moynihan responded after a pause with a reworking of a quote he offered after John Kennedy was killed. I believe these quotes to be accurate, but if they are not precisely so, they are close. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
'Boer War' inflation battle Jun 26, 2008
If this sounds like a leading question to which the answer is so patently obvious it requires no further response, by all means. But hardly anyone at present apparently thinks along these lines, as much locally as abroad. (iAfrica.com)
Corby family nasty, ungrateful: lawyer Jun 24, 2008
They just seemed like normal people," she said. Corby's father, Mick Corby, who had terminal cancer before his daughter left for Bali in 2004 and has since died, said he considered taking the rap for Schapelle. When asked if he had thought of taking Schapelle's place, he said: "Hmmm, that's a rather leading question, but yeah, I have. What have I got to lose. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Crane collapses on Manhattan's Upper East Side... May 31, 2008
A leading question Friday night was whether the crane had a previous crack from a previous job, perhaps in Lower Manhattan, and whether a past welding job might have been a factor in the accident. The clean break where the crane came apart might provide a key clue for investigators. (The Drudge Report)
No comments posted. May 29, 2008
Mayberry admitted even under what Judge Kurtz defined as a leading question,that at no time during the session had General Thompson made any recommendation regarding the ouster ... After another instance of what Judge Kurtz again defined as a leading question by Attorney Jackie Bellar, Mayor Hix also confirmed that General Thompson had not said anything concerning a recommendation regarding the ouster ... Judge Kurtz found that Mayberry s testimony was pretty bland and when Mayberry was asked... (Lafayette Macon County Times, TN)
Illegal Music Downloads 'On The Increase' May 16, 2008
Some 28% had tried illegal file sharing and 22% did it regularly, the research by The Leading Question found ... Tim Walker, The Leading Question's managing director, said: "Many UK music fans are telling us they are dissatisfied with the current legal, paid-for digital music experience. Advertisement "They might buy a few tracks from iTunes when they get a new iPod for Christmas but few go on to become regular paying downloaders ... "However, figures compiled by the Official UK Chart Company... (Sky News)
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You ask a rather leading question. Quite apropos one would think, alongside the false choices and the truth by majority notions that characterize our political debate. (International Herald Tribune)
Second special sesssion starts Sunday Mar 3, 2008
The leading items are cuts in business taxes, and the leading question is how far Jindal wants to go in cutting the utility tax on businesses. Jindal also plans to press priorities for the Legislature to spend about $1. (KSLA.com, LA)
Live blog: Hans Reiser trial for Feb. 28, 2008 Feb 29, 2008
"If somebody asks a leading question, does that mean they will give an incorrect answer?" Hora asked. It depends on who's asking the questions, who's answering and the structure of the questions, Fraga said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Letters to the Editor (Feb. 11) Feb 18, 2008
Will Bradley wrote on Feb 14, 2008 10:01 AM:" JDR, please go back and read this thread. IR transmission in the greenhouse is balanced by the IR emission on the exterior of the greenhouse. The exterior radiates heat away quite effectively which is why it cools at night! Whether glass or plastic, conduction carries heat to the exterior since these are poor heat insulators. The gases in the greenhouse, being largely the same as those outside, even in a hermetically sealed one, absorb very little of... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Ouch, said the man who wasn't there Feb 14, 2008
He looked, in short, as though he had been leading question time for most of his life. This tends to firm the suspicions about Mr Rudd that some of us have harboured for some time; namely, that he has been practising with a hairbrush in the bathroom mirror since the age of four. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Wasilla shuffles budget Feb 1, 2008
This is one valuable way to hear back from the community [and provide] a true rating in their opinion without asking a leading question, Keller said. So I think this a very valuable tool. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
The future of U.S. relationship with China starts today Jan 30, 2008
Watching a CBS Evening News Special series Primary Questions the other night, a sensational leading question captured my attention. Anchor Katie Couric asked presidential candidates which country scares them the most, and if they were president, what would they do about it. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Ali, Ana and lots of target practice Jan 28, 2008
Ana Ivanovic, the fourth seed from Serbia, did us proud, drawing strength from being in her "favourite city" (her response to a leading question asked 724 times for the fortnight), watched by her relatives from Melbourne, to storm all the way to the final. Where she promptly lost to Sharapova and went back to being a girl from Belgrade who lives in Switzerland. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Bill Clinton: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson... Jan 27, 2008
The point was, Clinton had just been asked a leading question that implied the Clintons were toast because of an Obama win in South Carolina -- where he had been widely presumed to win. Polls have shown he's also ahead in Georgia, but Clinton is still quite a bit ahead in the rest of the states. (The Drudge Report)
Mailbag: Leading question big one for Braves Jan 3, 2008
01/02/2008 3:30 PM ET Mailbag: A leading question MLB.com reporter Mark Bowman answers fans' queries By Mark Bowman / MLB.com. If Julio Franco is hoping to play in the Majors until his 50th birthday, he might have to look for an opportunity with some other team. (MLB.com -- Atlanta Braves)
Are You Ready for the Next Generation in Customer Connections? Dec 28, 2007
A link - a TIP, for example, with a leading question and an engaging visual - is located on the page of your choice. Unlike annoying rollover popups that interrupt a site surfer's concentration or send a consumer somewhere they don't want to go, the LearnSomethingAbout(TM) link invites customers in, and then provides them a rich environment of interactivity related to the site's relevant content, for example, Beauty Care, Personal Care, Over-the-Counter Health, and Nutrition. (PR Newswire)
What Would Jesus See? Dec 9, 2007
" New Line, having invested something like $180 million in The Golden Compass, is similarly scared of its antireligious content. The company that boldly greenlighted Peter Jackson's $300 million Hobbit ambitions before a frame of the first movie was shot, and made billions from riding that risk, hasn't said yes to films two and three of the Pullman books although the first movie ends with a chatty preview of the plot in the sequels, should they ever be made. For now, viewers will have to take... (Time.com)
Wilburs A Late Aubade Nov 27, 2007
Continuing to speculate on what the woman could be doing training a dog or listening to a lecture the speaker then asks a leading question: Isn't this better. Fourth Quatrain: Think of all the time you are not. (Suite101.com)
Mystery theater: Poison injected into Davis Cup? Nov 14, 2007
The leading question relating to the U.S.-Russia tie continues to be whether Russia will include Nikolay Davydenko, its highest-ranked hardcourt player, on its squad. The tennis establishment has not completed an inquiry into whether Davydenko had any culpability when irregular betting patterns surfaced on one of his matches at the Poland Open in August. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Lions for Lambs ** Nov 9, 2007
Periodically, Todd is allowed to briefly challenge the professor's reasoning or pose a leading question. To illustrate his argument, Malley tells Todd the story of two of his students, from disadvantaged backgrounds, who took his message about engagement to heart and joined the military. (Globe and Mail)
McMahons: WWE not to blame for Benoit's actions Nov 8, 2007
GRIFFIN: Yeah, I mean, it's a leading question, because when we get into the unpleasantries of this interview, for all intents and purposes, you guys are wrestling worldwide. When you think about wrestling anywhere in the world you think of WWE.. (CNN -- US)
Media Still Not Responsible For Housing Woes Nov 5, 2007
To Brown's defense, during a pre-recorded interview with KLIV Radio 1590-AM in San Jose, CA, the producers spliced in a somewhat leading question ahead of Brown's response. There should have been a follow up question to the response, if only to make sure Brown said what he meant to say and so that listeners didn't get his comment out of context. (RealtyTimes)
SLAPPed down by supervisor Sep 23, 2007
Bennet discounted Stone's leading question by saying "a lot of people have opinions" and went on to discuss Sequoia's response to the secretary of state, but the supervisor pushed his point a little further by saying, "To me (it's) kind of a defamatory statement to make against a company and maybe we should require (Jacobs) to provide evidence ...". Finally, Stone said to Bennet, "We need for you, in a layman's way, be able to counter very libelous statements like that, that really undermine the... (North County Times)
* Ma found not guilty in corruption trial Aug 15, 2007
Taipei Times - archives. Enter your search terms. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Not only can Ichiro Suzuki handle the bat (200 or more hits in six straight seasons), he's equally impressive with the leather. Aug 15, 2007
That's the leading question toward picking my team of the best players today. Age doesn't matter too much, though I do lean toward guys with fresh legs in their prime. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Elfreth's Alley: Living on the oldest street Aug 5, 2007
Actually, the leading question is, "How much do these houses cost?" Residents are mum on the topic, but a two-bedroom house on the adjacent Bladen's Court is on the market for $339,000, according to Prudential Fox & Roach. With no garages or on-street parking, only about a third of residents own cars. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Gillard doesn't bat an eyelid Jun 13, 2007
As well as leading question time Gillard also had to give the equivalent of condolence motions for the victims of the Kerang train crash, the people affected by the floods in the Hunter and the repatriation of the bodies of two soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. All of which she did with a tone that may one day help convince people she can be a stateswoman - perhaps even a leader. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
PBS series 'a welcome change,' church says May 3, 2007
Kuykendall said he found Whitney "extremely gracious throughout the interview" but her opening question: "When it comes to the Mormon Church, what are your doubts?" to be the most "comically over-the-top leading question that I have ever heard." "I am a lawyer, and in law you are allowed to ask leading questions only to someone who is an adversary, someone considered a 'hostile witness.' So her question immediately made me very wary, though I doubt that was her intent." When she replied "Hmm,... (Deseret News)
Geno to face ‘obnoxious’ Rutgers fans Feb 26, 2007
Sports Geno to face obnoxious Rutgers fans Jim Fuller, Register Staff02/26/2007 Given the opportunity to tee off on a tantalizingly leading question, Geno Auriemma, the normally flippant University of Connecticut women s basketball coach, was stunningly contrite. Going back to the Feb. 3 postgame press conference at Marquette, Auriemma has launched biting verbal jabs in the direction of the rambunctious Rutgers fans at every opportunity. (New Haven Register, CT)
Giles mulls team's leading question Feb 22, 2007
Giles mulls team's leading question. UNION-TRIBUNE. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Vantage Point: Theater of absurd as All-Stars align Feb 18, 2007
The agendas in a sport that markets individual star power above all often need a seven-second delay for some of the early player responses to Amaechi and continuing last week with Hardaway and even with a comparatively benign response by Pippen to my leading question of whether he had received enough credit for the Bulls' six championships (I never thought he had) because of the imperious presence of Jordan. "I think people love me as much as they love Michael, the fans who understand the... (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
The best leaders foment mutual respect Jan 29, 2007
They asked executives, "What percentage of management time is wasted resolving staff personality conflicts?" As a former researcher, I could carp about the wording, but even given that it was a leading question, I was startled by the result: The mean was 18 percent. That's nearly one full day of each manager's week, every week. (Boston Globe)
Will Tiger win the Grand Slam in '07? Answers to this and other questions. Jan 5, 2007
OK, that's a leading question. I should try to be more open-minded. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Bruce WehrleToilet paper puts new perspective on Wake Forest Dec 7, 2006
" It was, perhaps, the most leading question I've ever heard about Wake Forest football.Then came the explanation."Our football team won the ACC football championship," he said. "We beat Georgia Tech yesterday. It's been something like 30 years since we won a football championship. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Koppel: Bush Joined NG to Avoid Vietnam, Going to Stay Out of DC Nov 22, 2006
She began with a very leading question: "Senator, were you as frustrated with General Abizaid's position today as John McCain and Hillary Clinton?" Levin expressed how he was similarly "frustrated" by Abizaid's "stay the course" position, leading Couric to empathize with his frustration: "So as the future Chairman of the Senate Arms Services Committee, where does that leave you, Senator Levin? I mean, what are your options? You have long advocated a phased withdrawal, but how are you going to... (MediaResearch.org)
US troops tell Iraqis they can still bring stability to Baghdad Nov 10, 2006
"I'm curious about what they're thinking today. It's a leading question that gets to deeper security issues, and the reassurance they get from us being out here today is a byproduct," he said. Soldiers waded through a busy outdoor vegetable market in Hurriyah, a formerly Sunni neighborhood now dominated by Shi'ites. (Boston Globe)
49ers make it all too easy for BearsDownward spiral has faithful wondering when it will end Oct 30, 2006
49ers make it all too easy for Bears / Downward spiral has faithful wondering when it will end. he said, repeating a reporter's question. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
'Havana handshake could prove costly' Oct 3, 2006
The fate of the joint mechanism will be the leading question that Singh will have to address on his return from South Africa. Senior Congress functionaries and MPs skirt the utility of the joint mechanism in view of what the 7/11 accused have told the Police and Pakistan's swift denial of ISI having anything to do with the attack. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Beckham's career over Aug 11, 2006
Terry chosen as answer to England's leading question - Sport - Times Online. SEARCH. (London Times Online)
Schus 150th podium German continues to break records Jul 18, 2006
And, after more than a decade as a grand prix winner, he can see a leading question miles off. Asked on Sunday whether he thought he could reach 100 career wins something that he can only do if he stays on for at least another season, he smiled. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Putin says kissing boy's stomach was like stroking a cat Jul 7, 2006
The leading question on the Yandex website yesterday with 17,066 votes was would the he use "giant, humanoid war robots" to defend Russia against attack. The question about Mr Putin kissing the Nikita's stomach, also on the Yandex website, had 14,470 votes. (Times Online)
Putin's first webcast Jul 6, 2006
The leading question on Yandex, with 17,066 votes, was would the President use giant, humanoid war robots to defend Russia. The third favourite, with 11,401 votes, was what he thought about the Cthulhu, a giant octopus invented by the novelist H. P. Lovecraft. (TimesOnline)
Taco Maker scores in fast-food arena Jul 2, 2006
The closest guess springs from a young man suspecting a leading question. "Here?" he asks. (Deseret News)
Grokster: Despite ruling, illegal file sharing remains popular Jun 28, 2006
Weiss pointed to a 2005 survey by United Kingdom research company the Leading Question, which found people who illegally download music are voracious consumers of digital media -- so much so they are apt to spend more than four times more on legal downloads than those who never engage in piracy. After years of legal skirmishes, StreamCast and the entertainment industry will be back in court next week, though Weiss said he is ``cautiously optimistic'' the two sides will eventually find common... (San Jose Mercury News -- Business)
Seeking The Holy Grail? May 28, 2006
" But I had already been to the tourist information office (not more than 100 yards from the cathedral), and no one made mention of grails, holy or otherwise. Maybe they were waiting for a leading question, such as, "Um, I don't suppose you folks have any enormously well-known and historically sought-after relics lying around. " Similarly, in the guide put out by the Valencia Tourism ntion Bureau, the first of only two references to the artifact isn't until Page 23, a 25-word description that... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Man convicted on meth charge wins appeal, granted new trial May 24, 2006
In his appeal, Maness claimed that Assistant State's Attorney Bob Matoush used a leading question to get the neighbor to testify that Maness was on parole for a meth-manufacturing offense, and that Matoush then presented that fact to the jury during closing arguments. Maness claimed that he was not on parole for that offense. (Vandalia Leader Union, IL)
It doesn't matter who the torturer is Apr 29, 2006
AS REPORTED in the article ''" (Page A3, April 26), an official from a US military tribunal asked one of the abused Guantanamo detainees, Ould Slahi, the leading question: ''No US authorities abused you in any way?" Astutely, Slahi refused to answer ... The interrogator's leading question also misses the point. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
French feminists fight for right of all women to be called Madame Apr 13, 2006
Last Updated: Thursday, 13 April 2006, 01:00 GMT 02:00 UK. Feminists frown on 'Mademoiselle. (BBC News)
What projects should taxpayers fund? Mar 22, 2006
What a leading question the state would pay for an $8 million expansion of the 000005A8 river walk in Savannah, where tourism brings millions each year to city and county tax coffers don t the tourists also add millions to state coffers as well. When will the AJC learn that Atlanta is not the only city in Georgia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Existing Companies Need Planning, Too Feb 22, 2006
That's a leading question, of course; the answer is obvious. You could call it a strategic plan, annual plan or operational plan--the name doesn't matter as much as the management of it. (Entrepreneur)
Who decides? Feb 14, 2006
Daily Press: Opinion Today. Hampton Roads, Virginia - February 14, 2006 3:47 AM. (Daily Press, VA)
