Yet its northern bit, Somaliland, has met this standard with increasing impressiveness since it declared independence in 1991.
The only surprise is the impressiveness of McChrystal's analysis.
Back when the Tribune was operated by the galumphing conservative Colonel Robert R. McCormick, it was the quintessential Republican newspaper, in a way that one didn't have to read its editorial page to discern, and the self-conscious journalistic impressiveness of its physical setting was considered a source of merriment.
I admit, however, that for all their structural impressiveness, topical juxtapositions, and aesthetic beauty, part of me can't help but want to crawl inside these magical little worlds made of words and play.
Black Boy is one of the first of Himes's tough guys with heart, and the writer pays a deep, almost homoerotic attention to his physicality: Standing, his body was big, his six foot height losing impressiveness in slanting shoulders and long arms like an ape's.
In many industries — retail, fast food — a corporation's head count is seen as a measure of its impressiveness.
"The impressiveness of the architecture in China comes from how much it defies the landscape and juts out," Mr. Zibach said.
Mr. Ramdas, who attends Kingsborough Community College and has worked at both a flower shop and a CVS, was forever ratcheting up the impressiveness of his vehicle.
The impressiveness of the feat, however, didn't make up for the brevity of the solos and the sense that the conversation got buried.
Kostya Kennedy, a senior editor at Sports Illustrated, strains to prove the impressiveness of Joe DiMaggio's record consecutive-game hit streak with expert testimony — Pete Rose, the career hits leader, calls his 44-game streak "the hardest thing I ever did in baseball" — and with day-by-day retelling.
When a curator has had the daring to mount vast displays of Wylie's work, covering walls and floor, its impressiveness has been recognised; but, when the show is over, the canvases have been sent home to Kent.
