On direct examination, Mr. Faneuil calmly testified to conversations with each defendant that, if believed, pretty much proves the government's claims.
If the quotes attributed to Steve Bannon and others in "Fire and Fury," the new book by Michael Wolff, can be believed, pretty much everyone has dumped on the President behind his back.
Airline executives, it must be clear by now, seem to believe pretty strongly that they cannot.
"Brady always has gotten the benefit of the doubt," wrote Steve Serby in a New York Post column, headlined 'Don't believe pretty boy Brady: Someone is lying'.
I think it's actually good if you don't, because I do believe pretty much above all else in the importance of independent critical thinking.
All of the big questions come up before first grade — God and death, jail and fairies — and most 4-year-olds will believe pretty much any answer you give them.
But when you decide to zealously advocate for a client, and you've been in that case for a long time, my guess is that you come to believe pretty deeply in your view of the world".
The BBC documentary-maker – justly celebrated for series that include The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares and All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace – speaks with such paternal conviction, such stylish wisdom, that given half a day in a film archive you suspect he could have you believe pretty much anything.
"We believe pretty strongly that if someone is attacking you — and there's only one way to read that piece, as an attack piece — you have to set the record straight as quickly as possible," said the primary author of the memo, Jay Carson, a communications aide to Mrs. Clinton and a former spokesman for Mr. Clinton.
Teenage depression might be no laughing matter, either, although that hasn't stopped those who believe pretty well everybody is deluded over climate-change making light of the discovery, which has since upped the mirth of conservative pundits, commentators and news organisations alike.
Honey and more honey: "I believe pretty strongly in the power of raw local honey to fight colds.
