special pleading

Often not much, which is one reason Washington has seemed inclined to write off social science as special pleading.

He writes about them with confident love and no special pleading.

Are you talking about day/age creationism in your special pleading or not?

This will be shrugged aside, of course, as special pleading.

Special pleading also influences the author's meditation on American life.

Indeed, the employer's special pleading seemed more honorable than some.

One popular complaint is about special pleading from the rich and famous.

This is the same sort of dishonest special pleading we're used to from oil and nuclear companies.

This leads to further debate about consistency and special pleading.

One has to read all this special pleading against the light so to speak to see what was actually happening in day-to-day practice.

A lot of people from the north said that is typical, special pleading for the south, and vice versa.

We should note that this analysis involves an element of special pleading.

I'm afraid my remarks on the choice of poison were rather special pleading.

History is not done by acclamation, nor should it be little more than a case of special pleading.

The night began with special pleading: "Don't take your love away.

All these people believe they have a special pleading."

He wanted there to be no special pleading on that score. '

But the tide of special pleading may be turning.

However, I reject that as a form of special pleading on my own behalf."

This article seems to be not much more than special pleading for a few individuals (friends?)

There was school teacher's special pleading in this: could one be a soldier and also an amateur of letters?

Men, as a group, are not socially disadvantaged, so they don't need special pleading.

Special pleading for farmers has no sympathy from me.

"That's just propaganda, and most people know how to ignore special pleading.

Those accounts, they say, often leave the public with a belief that the system is open to special pleading or outright abuse.