The prisoner of events beyond his control, Procter dallied and equivocated until he was crushed. Chinese policy equivocated between belligerence and conciliation during the 55-day siege. His attempt was, however, thwarted when the Byzantines successfully equivocated the problem. Pascal equivocated that condemning Jansen was equivalent to condemning Augustine, a father of the Church. Behan equivocated and did directly answer the question. Worcester equivocated, but eventually sided with Parliament before the outbreak of civil war in 1642. William Barlow equivocated and was sent to the Tower of London, but not executed. The military equivocated for several hours about how to respond to Yeltsin's call for action. Hyatt equivocated as to whether or not he would testify for a month. Bush acknowledges climate change, but has equivocated about the degree to which humans are responsible.