It's theological, but it always pertains as immediately as any fairy tale does.
We have never known a President as well and as immediately as we feel we know Bill Clinton.
The downtown area, lined with sidewalk cafés and expensive boutiques, is threatened, but not as immediately as some other neighborhoods, whose residents have thronged downtown hotels.
But if you really think about it, the 100-miles-per-gallon innovation isn't as immediately effective as making a simple switch from a Suburban to a Civic.
The Mars rovers, such as Curiosity, have put out images almost as immediately as they are gathered.
However, almost as immediately as I crossed the threshold, my cell phone rang.
Problems of gender discrimination weren't as immediately obvious.
Few grapes make wines as immediately pleasing as grenache.
There are few composers, in any field of music, as immediately identifiable as Barry.
And unlike some earlier such problems, the solution isn't as simple as immediately changing one's password.
The yawning emptiness of long stretches of sidewalk would not be as immediately apparent.
