His targets were types, not real people, and many of his outrageous sketches, it has been rightly said, "come no closer to plausible reality than a Victorian Punch cartoon".
Neither side has come close to providing plausible answers.
Of course, we all enjoy spending time in the company of charismatic people like Dr. Fox, and we're more sympathetic to what they have to say (indeed, that enhanced attention people pay comes close to a plausible definition of charisma).
One of these (rs2735839) is located close to a plausible candidate susceptibility gene, KLK3, which encodes prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
Several of the alleles that have emerged from the GWASs are within or close to highly plausible candidate genes, including RUNX2 and CHST11.
Earlier forecasts by the European Commission that its economy would shrink by 5% over the next two years were bad enough; a shrinkage of close to 20% is now plausible.
Despite enjoying a wave of free publicity and boasting Sam Waterston of "Law & Order" as their spokesman, the Unityers never even came close to conjuring up a plausible candidate or platform, and their movement fizzled out amid attempts to entice an unwilling Michael Bloomberg into the lists.
But something close to this argument is plausible, especially for some bad things.
These set pieces carry a perverse kick, and the three actors come shockingly close to making it all seem plausible.
They are both dystopian coming-of-age tales in which hunting is crucial, but Crockett's novel is more immediately plausible and close to home.
