As usual around the time of the anniversary, a giant portrait of him was erected on October 1st in Tiananmen Square, opposite that of Mao Zedong (both wearing Sun suits, as they were known before their rebranding in Mao's day).
I have the thought, as usual, but this time, I don't react to it.
As usual, Ivory Coast had been the tournament favorite, but — also as usual — it was eliminated, this time by Nigeria in the quarters.
William Matusiak, yesterday, as usual, this time for the monthly news conference at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
Kremlinologists are back, and they're feuding as usual, this time over Vladimir Putin.
As usual, music blared; this time, the house band at a cafe across the street.
As she wrote about her last time with the ailing Chamberlain in The New York Times five days after his death, "he let me slowly wrap my arm around him to comfort him through the final scenes of 'Shakespeare in Love.' I was braced for him to brush me off as usual, but not this time.
That's more than twice as fast as the usual turn-around time.
But people are used to this in this neck of the woods; so in a way, this is business as usual around here".
But there are fewer people to tell stories about than usual this time around the world.
Just click as usual to paint but this time cancel it by clicking triangle.
