Word: pretexting
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...even under that agreement have waived all privacy rights,” he said. “What Harvard has retained under the room agreement is to search in specific instances, such as for appliances. But the administrators’ entry can’t be used as a pretext for conducting what is otherwise a law enforcement search that would require a warrant...
...specifically mentioned was ?intelligent design,? the notion that life is so complex that it could not possibly have been the work of natural selection alone and must have been the work of an unspecified creative intelligence. ?We find that the secular purposes claimed by the Board amount to a pretext for the Board's real purpose, which was to promote religion in the public school classroom,? Jones wrote...
...Jones agreed and pointedly rejected intelligent design as a legitimate scientific theory. ?To be sure, Darwin?s theory of evolution is imperfect,? he wrote. ?However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions...
...Then - snap! - the film becomes as taut as the rope Jarratt's kangaroo shooter uses to tow the tourists back to his isolated desert camp on the pretext of fixing their car. Around a campfire, he tells his captive audience: "Fair dinkum, I get around. You never know where I'll pop up." Almost an hour into Wolf Creek, the pressure has become almost unbearable. Which is exactly how first-time writer-director Greg Mclean wants it. When he learns that at a recent screening, five people left the theater around this point in the movie, and only four came...
...brother and brother-in-law for questioning, a move that could trigger a revolt by their loyalists. For that reason, many Syrians believe that Assad is unlikely to provide investigators with the level of cooperation they demand. But further evidence of Syrian obstruction could give the West the pretext it needs for sanctions that could cripple the regime. It's no surprise that Assad has kept a low profile since the release of the Mehlis report. A presidential confidant, Bouthaina Shaaban, says Assad feels "considerate and thoughtful about the situation but confident that we are doing the right thing...