Howard Golden, the Brooklyn Borough President, was equally cynical.

The Republicans, equally cynical about this political ploy, called for Mr. McGreevey's immediate resignation so they could gain advantage.

In some cases this is for equally cynical political motives (but usually misplaced ideology).

No," was Chauvelin's equally cynical retort, "for it would not be to your interest, Citizen, to make an enemy of me.

He is bracingly insightful, too, about the equally cynical process whereby representatives of major TV networks and the mainstream press "select" their news.

Michael O'Brien, 38, a painting contractor from Florida, had an equally cynical interpretation of the motives of some of the women.

He was equally cynical about institutions, such as marriage ("legal quicksand"), and individuals, such as Lyndon Johnson ("that potato-head").

My equally cynical guess was that she had liked it fine, and had decided that pregnancy was unlikely to diminish her appreciation of Fergus's finer points.

Equally cynical is how a number of Left colleagues are demanding that we reduce aviation by more than half in only a matter of years.

Likewise, the equally cynical reaction of Hamas by launching rockets into areas and by the brutal killing of eight people in a school.