“But if the critics were anticipating a recantation of his views on politics and art, they were sorely disappointed.”

“The previous day, he had made a sniveling recantation on the floor of the Senate.”

“It was striking, although its tone was less contrite than last week's recantation.”

“But state Attorney General Jay Nixon, who was fighting the appeal, was able to convince a federal judge that the recantations weren't credible.”

“Artists guilty or suspected of formalism were persecuted and encouraged to make public recantations for their offences.”

“Meanwhile, critics in sections of the media dismissed the pair's recantations as simply disingenuous nonsense.”