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Before his travels in the Emerald Desert, as Brazil's sugar cane region in central São Paulo state is known, Mr. Kashi had not realized just how formidable the sugar industry there had become.

Over the years, he had learned that nothing really bad ever happened to him, that he was impervious to injury, if not to embarrassment, no matter how formidable the adversary or unexpected its arrival.

But obliquely and perhaps unconsciously, the judges were using the tools at their disposal to recognize how formidable the notion of information has become, pervading not just the technologies we devise but the way we think about ourselves.

With Zardes, Gonzalez, and Penedo absent through Gold Cup play and Dos Santos still to arrive, this was another warning for the Galaxy's opponents of just how formidable the defending champions continue to be as a team.

Despite the turmoil and political controversy over how easily some immigrants enter the United States illegally, Mr. Alrais's experience shows how formidable the challenges can be for many refugees and immigrants — even those with families in the United States and seemingly solid credentials.

Even as teams of inspectors try to scour every vulnerable tree in the city and scientists race to develop ever more sophisticated methods of search-and-destroy -- from sexual lures to computerized eavesdroppers -- officials are discovering just how formidable the Asian longhorned beetle can be.

Says the narrator: "Over 10 years I saw how formidable that will could be, what it could make happen.

So Stuart Lancaster's England are without doubt building a home fortress like the coach wants, but what is not clear yet is just how formidable that fortress is, and that is something this weekend will go some way to establishing.

Islamic State fighters are now defeated with some frequency and ousted from towns and strategic locations (most recently the Baiji oil refinery and a successful Kurdish/U.S. raid to rescue prisoners held in Hawija). 5. Within Islamic State's leadership: how formidable is the military command structure after many senior officers have been killed?

Winning the box-office derby on its opening weekend was a foregone conclusion for "Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation," leaving only the question of just how formidable a draw the latest installment in the Tom Cruise-led thriller franchise would be.

His After Theory in 2003 was hailed in The Independent by D J Taylor as a "huge achievement [which showed] just how formidable a presence the Marxist cultural critic can be".