false appearance

Dr Hughes added that doctors would often look for heart sounds or breathing effort for at least a minute before declaring someone dead, and that some drugs could also slow down body processes, giving someone the false appearance of having passed away.

Background subtraction is sometimes done in high-pressure superconductivity studies, but the practice is controversial because it can give the false appearance of zero resistance.

“As we allege in our complaint, Baston deceived investors by using an alias to conceal his criminal history and by initially making payments to create the false appearance of a successful investment strategy,” Tejal Shah, associate regional director in the SEC’s New York office, said in a statement.

The Lover then finds himself in the company of allegorical figures — among them Danger, Slander, Fear, Honesty, Pity, Jealousy, Reason, False Appearance and Forced Abstinence — who project their competing attitudes and approaches onto the essence of love.

“This sets a rather bad example, similar to the style in mainland China,” said Fan Cheung-fung, a labor activist, suggesting that commuting their sentence would give a false appearance of tolerance after jailing the defendants for so long without a conviction.