She was acting like the weak woman that men would invariably cite when equality was pressed for.

Sometimes Mr. Bush also backed particular appointments, invariably citing loyalty as his reason.

Orchestra administrators, board members and conductors invariably cite the audience's unwillingness to listen to unfamiliar music.

In interviews, Iraqi police officers almost invariably cite the lack of jobs as the main reason they joined the security forces, despite the dangers.

And when Chinese officials are asked what environmental problems are most acute, they invariably cite urban air pollution, population growth, clean water or soil erosion.

ASK real estate club members what they like about investing in property and they invariably cite its tangible nature.

Dozens of rafts continued to appear on the beach, carried there by people invariably citing the troubled economy as their main reason for leaving.

But real estate people almost invariably cite soaring stock prices in explaining the boom in vacation property.

In the orders, judges invariably cite a second concern, as well: a need to protect the "dignity" of the judicial process.

Readers, invariably citing what they perceive to be the bias or the sensitivity of the very same column, routinely assume that this columnist is black.