It was far from the hostilities, firmly pro-British and had excellent weather throughout the year.
This season's Blue Jackets are far from a powerhouse, but with Leclaire firmly installed as the No. 1 goalie, at least they are in the playoff hunt.
But his political energy has been placed far more firmly behind the N.R.A.'s demand for unprecedented immunity for gun makers and dealers from civil lawsuits.
And his own clean-out is far from complete: "We should do more", he says firmly.To justify this, his argument turns less on precedent than on pathology.
With J. K. Rowling's new novel, "The Casual Vacancy," we are firmly in Muggle-land — about as far from the enchanted world of Harry Potter as we can get.
Unlike many on the right, though, Mr. Siegel held firmly to the notion that the Constitution, far from being frozen in time, was "in fact a living document".
Still, in most countries, the market is far from open to new entrants, and price competition is still firmly within the club.In any other industry, deregulation would create competition and consolidation around the stronger contenders.
The countries offering the most cultural resistance and local pride – France, South Korea, Turkey, India, China – are firmly in its sights, but it's far from certain that it will enjoy the same levels of domination there.
Instead, it is affixed firmly to a distant time, to a place far from Pemberton Road.
