President George H. W. Bush's invasion of Panama, in December of 1989, now seems hardly more consequential than Reagan's splendid little war in Grenada.
Because the content of the bogus calls was factually correct, their inauthenticity hardly seems consequential, especially given how long the buyer took to make an offer and close on the property.
But, Collins added, the Russians are hardly as consequential for the future of North Korean diplomacy as America, China, Japan, and South Korea.
This at a time when the issues confronting Washington could hardly be more consequential.
Upon closer examination, however, the differences between these candidates and President Bush hardly seem as consequential as all that.
In other words, examining the Jewish vote with such passion is often more about the student than about the topic, which is hardly, or only rarely, as consequential as we make it seem.
But the ad campaign is hardly being confined to non-consequential states in the 2012 election.
Whether that expedition was as important or consequential as Lewis and Clark's hardly seems to matter; its sheer enterprise, brilliance, tragedy, folly and luck all recommend it to us.
As Mark Steyn observes: "The result is that, even though he's hardly ever in the souvenir photo line-up, Howard's a more consequential figure in world affairs these days than Chirac.
"The result is that, even though he's hardly ever in the souvenir photo line-up, Howard's a more consequential figure in world affairs these days than Chirac.
