Kournikova herself has consistently refused to directly confirm or deny the status of her personal relationships.

"This is an additional way of enhancing investment performance," he said, while not directly confirming his company's $100 million investment.

Hawkins does not directly confirm this, but his response encourages her to believe she is correct.

The British police did not directly confirm the authenticity of the tape.

A statement by Farrow's lawyer, while not directly confirming the details of the report, said it was 'incomplete and inaccurate.'

No effort has been made to confirm directly with any sports officials at the University of Nebraska if this is correct.

The existence of gravitational time dilation was first confirmed directly by the Pound-Rebka experiment.

Until recently, the Phnom Penh Government would not directly confirm that it was holding political prisoners.

Administration officials in Washington today would not directly confirm that an agreement had been reached to include Canada.

Al, we've been unable to confirm directly.