Trump's public praise of Duterte, who once said he did not "give a shit" about human rights, can be seen as perhaps his most thorough rejection of the liberal international order that Steve Bannon and the still influential, if increasingly marginalized, economic-nationalist wing of the Trump White House seek to overturn.
The latter provide critical (and often humorous) perspectives on social issues, the media, economics, gender, culture and the environment and can be seen as perhaps the most recent incarnation of the long tradition of political satire.
Until their marital strife became public this spring, the Gibbonses were seen as perhaps the state's most politically ambitious couple.
Mr. Kerry's nomination would be welcomed in Pakistan, where he is seen as perhaps the most sympathetic to Pakistani concerns of any senior lawmaker.
She is the ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business Committee and is seen as perhaps the only Republican who may vote for a Democratic-led health care bill.
With surprising unanimity, Eskew, a sapient fellow with the air of an assistant English professor, is seen as perhaps the best Democratic adman in the business.
In legal circles, Judge Brinkema is seen as perhaps the most left-leaning judge in the Alexandria courthouse, which is surrounded by the middle-class, conservative, mostly white suburbs of Northern Virginia.
Interior ministry intelligence chief General Ali al-Saede said Isis felt gravely threatened by a tribal revolt, which is seen as perhaps the only way to force it from large parts of the country it has conquered.
When Roger Clemens tacitly acknowledged on Monday that he had engaged in extramarital relations, and apologized, he was seen as perhaps undermining the defamation lawsuit he filed in January against his former personal trainer Brian McNamee.
Across the region, the Arab League effort, led by the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, was seen as perhaps the last opportunity to stave off more international pressure on Syria, especially at a time when more protesters have urged armed opposition against Mr. Assad's government.
With the fate of the TPP uncertain, China's talks on RCEP, which include Australia, India and more than a dozen other countries, are seen as perhaps the only path to the broader Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) that Apec aspires to.
