In the beginning, this feeling we had was splendid, but, more recently, we have begun having doubts about some of the commanders who are with the Taliban" — he was alluding to the bin Laden crowd of foreigners — "and, following the martyrdom of Ahmed Shah Massoud, we realized that outside hands, terrorists, were involved in the movement.
This would have been splendid if bond prices had fallen.
To have gone into the World Cup on the back of the away win in Dublin would have been splendid.
Sometimes the results have been splendid, and sometimes they have been wanting, but a coherent, distinctive sound has not emerged.
Bledsoe is enjoying a resurgence in Buffalo, and Rice has been splendid in nearly two seasons in Oakland.
The Mets are 9-3 in that span and their defense, shoddy to start the season, has been splendid.
Wade and James have been splendid and dominant, powering the Heat through the three rounds of playoffs with 12 wins against 3 losses.
Lately the weather has been splendid, by my lights -- the skies deep blue, with limpid sunshine, and the air cool, fragrant and deliciously dry.
Reviewing the recital in The New York Times, Raymond Ericson wrote that Mr. Lloyd's "contributions to the musical life of New York have been as numerous as they have been splendid".
As the French Institute Alliance Française's festival Crossing the Line was winding down — which is bittersweet, for it has been splendid — it presented four singular artists on film and in person.
