The order also grants the envoys considerable authority -- at least on paper -- to carry out Kremlin decisions in their fiefs.
So last night's second place, to Nelson Evora of Portugal, represented a considerable improvement, at least in the record books.
A half-century ago, the threat that politically minded clerks might exercise undue influence on justices was the focus of considerable alarm — at least by conservatives.
Speaking of Davies, it is worth reflecting that she owed her considerable fame, at least initially, to a silver medal in the 1980 Olympics.
In the recent negotiations over funding the government for the rest of this fiscal year, Obama gave considerable ground, at least in the overall size of the spending cuts.
Now, Iraqi journalists still operate with considerable freedoms, at least compared with those in Saudi Arabia and other neighboring countries, and many Iraqis have achieved a new level of professionalism by working closely with Western journalists.
Some former Bush administration officials say that will be a considerable disadvantage, at least initially, for someone who needs to navigate the complex and often stratified social landscape here.
First, there was considerable preoccupation, at least among listeners in the area dominated by music professionals, with problems at the hall: the recent resignations of three respected members of the staff and reports of widespread dissatisfaction, bordering on revolt, with the leadership of Franz Xaver Ohnesorg as executive director.
This would almost certainly result in a wholesale shift of Pakistani troops away from their western, Afghan front toward the eastern boundary with India and would leave the American Afghan campaign in some considerable disarray, at least in the short term.
