Another concern, officials say, was to avoid the appearance of giving credence to Israeli statements that the uprising had become ineffective.

But when it comes to romance, Ms. Falk has long been given to to extravagant statements.

"That is starting to give way to detailed statements, offering examples of what constitutes sexual harassment and many options for dealing with it."

I am not usually given to ridiculous statements.

The player is given the option to either Press or Present evidence in response to statements made by witnesses.

They were given to strong nationalistic statements, some of them attacking the West for its threatened military intervention.

Conference officials are still given to extravagant statements about the meeting's significance.

Among the clips are scenes of the idealistic civil rights volunteers, black and white, who gave the lie to statements like that.

Never listen to a literary journalist - they have far too much to read in such little time that inevitably, they're given to ridiculous statements.

Petain was given to simple statements of the obvious, such as "The family is good.