Small domestic dogmatists are always merely funny (like Alceste, in "The Misanthrope," or the dad in just about any American sitcom).
In truth, democratic values were always merely the cover for a hard-nosed desire to confront China's rise in Asia, which is Japan's abiding foreign-policy concern.
By this he did not mean that any actually existing state is always completely just, or that merely by virtue of having power, the state could determine what justice is.
Here one is always assured, not merely of a great meal and drinks, but of seeing people you know, good friends, starting with Moun, (pronounced 'moon'), the owner.
(A less cynical view would hold that as neo-Marxists think "progress" in the context of a capitalist structure is always an illusion, they merely believe that there's no point nibbling around the edges of the problem).
When Western leaders are talking about the human rights issue in China and boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, China's response is always like "the Olympics are merely sport events.
The phrase "character-driven" gets tossed around a lot when it comes to one-hour dramas, but "Justified" is truly interested in the people Raylan encounters, thus meeting new characters is always something to savor, not merely endure.
There is always something in excess, ungraspable by our merely adequate signifiers.
It is always possible to obtain a higher level of expected profits merely by increasing service capacity.
