41.  But Thompson muddied the waters surrounding his nomination when he told reporters that he would prefer to head Transportation.

42.  Further muddying the waters, the court said a second lawyer, Kenji Nosaki, was briefly retained earlier Wednesday, but he quit only a few hours later.

43.  Russia has further muddied the waters by giving off mixed signals.

44.  The general could have been misunderstood as trying to muscle his way in to rearrange a coalition alignment to benefit certain groups which were trying to muddy the water.

45.  The waters were muddied further when police in Lampung said they knew nothing about his disappearance.

46.  Then last week, the administration muddied the waters.

47.  In Britain, contradictory signals have muddied the waters on the situation with interest rates.

48.  Belgrade has refused to recognise most of the gains, instead subjecting the results to a succession of judicial rulings and counter-rulings, which have further muddied the waters.

49.  Belgrade has refused to recognise most of the gains, instead subjecting the results to a succession of judicial rulings and counter-rulings, further muddying the waters.

50.  But a closer look at the two candidates muddies the waters somewhat.