We haven't, alas, finished yet.
The most interesting answer comes, alas, from yet another Brit, Edmund Burke.
It is the American premiere of a theatrical evening that is, alas, not yet booked anywhere else in this country.
A cube of smoky glass by Larry Bell; a hovering circle of white plastic by Robert Irwin; a stack of purple boxes exuding an orange glow from within by Donald Judd: perceptually fine-tuned works like these anticipate a cool future like that of "2001: A Space Odyssey," which, alas, has yet to arrive.
Turn to page 154 of Francois Heisbourg's extraordinary new book, Iran, the Choice of Arms, published in Paris but, alas, not yet in the English-speaking world.
A higher court said no. Ah, sweet freedom, but alas, not yet.
Moreover, another crucial (and alas still not yet obvious) distinction should be remembered: as Orwell consistently stated, leftist progressivism and a commitment to social justice are not the same as -- are, in fact, the very opposite of -- Communism.
Yet alas, "the scars remain visible, yielding a devastated surface consisting of twelve sheets of paper barely held together, much like Colombian society".
This last assertion, alas, has not yet been borne out.
Tea Party favourite Ted Cruz, alas, hasn't yet answered the call.
