He asked the men's names, and they gave noncommittal mumbling answers. The Democratic platform that emerged from the convention was vague and noncommittal to specifics. Mathematical papers about the Riemann hypothesis tend to be cautiously noncommittal about its truth. Einstein was noncommittal to aether's nonexistence, simply said it superfluous. Castellano gave Eppolitto a noncommittal answer, but later warned Gaggi about Eppolito's intentions. However, Goldwyn remained noncommittal in negotiations. He returned a noncommittal letter asking about the surrender terms Grant might propose. Dmitri attempts to recruit Frankenstein, who seems noncommittal about defection. Medium Alison is angered by a noncommittal letter from Bruce responding to her coming out. Gravano was initially noncommittal, wanting to confer first with Frank DeCicco. Jim comes close to proposing marriage, but she is noncommittal. During the campaign Smith tried to duck the issue with noncommittal statements. Jackson indicated he was still interested in a sequel, but Shyamalan remained noncommittal. As of July 2010, Fujimori was noncommittal about whether she would pardon her father. Khrushchev agreed to the latter and was noncommittal on the former.