"Whichever way you spin it, it's a setback; it underlines for all the world to see that the M.L.S. is a second-rate league," said Andrei Markovits, a University of Michigan professor and author of the book "Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism".
Here's a passage I underlined for some unknown later purpose: I didn't just imagine them doing things.
"Since the 2008 economic crash, security agencies have increasingly spied on political activists, especially environmental groups, on behalf of corporate interests," Ahmed wrote (I underlined for emphasis).
Secondly, it has underlined for her again, if she had any doubt, just how important is her children's education.
It underlined the need for better analysis and planning.
Willie Rennie, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, also voiced concerns and said it underlined the need for a "wider review into the operations of Police Scotland".
It underlined the need for women to become participants on an equal footing with men in peace processes and in peace work in general.
The more the Kremlin huffed and puffed that the alliance should stay away from ex-Soviet countries, the more it underlined their need for security.Second, Mr Putin has heavily toned down the Kremlin's objections, now saying only that enlargement is pointless.
But it underlined a huge appetite for verbatim theatre, which had already been demonstrated by the "tribunal plays" I had earlier written for Nicolas Kent, former artistic director of the Tricycle in London.
For me it underlined a profound truth: however seriously House of Cards takes itself, we don't have to join in.
