A mess like Syria has no genuine borders, as far as infectious diseases are concerned.
Simon Schama had introduced him in tones of genuine admiration, bordering on awe.
And there was a sense of genuine surprise, bordering on disbelief, elsewhere.
Nevertheless, the pan-European legal structure that was supposed to help establish genuine cross-border co-operatives is languishing.
Last week, the European commission put forward proposals to create the EU's first genuine cross-border anti-money laundering force.
David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Ashley Cole, John Terry et al, fellow men of genuine substance bordering on world class all of whom traversed the Champions League with their clubs but never came close with England.
Yet, for all its moments of genuine emotion bordering on the sublime, it was not written specifically for Easter Sunday and shows just what a pragmatic recycler Bach could be.
Wolf's verbal control and singleness of intent remind me of another tenacious character, the late George Carlin, whose goofy delight in the sounds and cadences of American speech never obscured the genuine irritation, bordering on rage, that fuelled his jokes.
Sarah's rage, genuine if also bordering on madness, is pedantically precise in its choice of symbols.
They point to the characteristics that keep the two entrepreneurs focused on creating order out of web chaos with a genuine enthusiasm that borders on zealotry.
Still, said the commander, who keeps a daily eye on his Syrian counterparts encamped across the fortified border, a genuine peace would justify this painful trade-off.
