Some street artists and academics have criticized the State Government for having seemingly inconsistent and contradictory views on graffiti.

Mr. Connelly also said the Supreme Court had upheld seemingly inconsistent verdicts.

On the other hand, defendants often plead in the alternative by listing seemingly inconsistent defenses.

Mr. Cannistraro sought to explain his seemingly inconsistent testimony as an attempt to respond cautiously to hostile Government lawyers who had "implicitly threatened" him with prosecution.

Another rationalization offered for Mr. Nixon's seemingly inconsistent Liberal actions is that he is prevented by public opinion from doing otherwise.

With exports falling and the seemingly inconsistent 1985 farm bill causing problems, a pall of despair fell across the farm belt.

But in a seemingly inconsistent verdict, it awarded him $6 million anyway after deciding that a reprint based on the series was false.

He has now staked out a position, however, that burnishes his appeal among Democrats in an area where Mr. Ferrer has made seemingly inconsistent statements.

In a statement on the floor after the vote, Mr. Daschle offered seemingly inconsistent views of the bill.

No matter what the jury decides, the case has brought to light the use of seemingly inconsistent guidelines by Federal law-enforcement officials in armed standoffs.