If it turned into nothing more than a form of anti-Americanism, it would be a disaster.
A city that turns into nothing more than an enclave for the wealthiest people might seem rich in dollars, but it would be poor in every other way.
On the other hand, in the world of pure realism, in which all values are made relative to interests, life turns into nothing more than a power game and is unbearable.
"If it turns into a tax cap tap dance, nothing is going to happen," said Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, a Westchester Democrat.
"This bill is supposed to be about jobs, jobs, jobs, and it's turned into nothing more than spend, spend, spend," said House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).
"It just seems like when rock'n'roll is dead, the whole world's gonna explode … it's already turned into nothing but a fashion statement and an identity for kids to use as a tool".
If it had been acquired by PG&E, it had been successfully turned into nothing.
No one has ever proved, for example, that pi does not turn into nothing but nines and zeros, spattered to infinity in some peculiar arrangement.
A direct popular election, they contend, would depersonalize the campaign, turning into nothing more than incessant money-grabbing and television advertising.
But a program by this company can too easily turn into nothing but one stunt after another and the unrelenting facetiousness can grow wearying, rather than exhilarating.
With a bad TV image, all those grays are going to turn into nothing but blacks, and all the grays are going to be blacks".
