The book's central question — "What had it taken to explore, let alone settle, this terrible emptiness?" — is approached with erratic rigor, leaving Edmond reminding us of one of his other doubles: "one of those extroverts who do not brood overmuch on their fate but rather look upon life as a series of opportunities in which to shine forth as the unique individuals they are".
They are not anxious to commit themselves to a specific career, let alone settle down and start families, and they are easy being looked upon as a trial-and-error generation.
But to eat Chang's food is to make another sense of his apparent restlessness: a man who cooks with such unbounded electricity must have trouble sitting still, let alone settling down.
They found it hard to plan and pay for a weekend away together, let alone to settle and raise a family.
And there are Palestinians who deny that Israelis constitute a people worthy of a nation, let alone one that should settle in the land they seek for their own.
Until oil and gas made it rich, beginning in the 1960s, this tiny, scalding, pancake-flat peninsula scarcely boasted a settled population, let alone a town of any size.
Especially in the north of England, Muslim communities from different regions have reproduced the ideological and social divisions of their home countries which has hindered their ability to function as British citizens, let alone prosper.Because specific Muslim groups settled in specific British cities, there was little pressure at first to leave the ghetto.
Viewers hoping for sex — something that appears to be vanishing from Hollywood productions, without any help from a censor, let alone public consultation — will have to settle for Joan stirring instant-milkshake powder into a glass of water, working up a fine foam, and taking a sip before Ray's bulging eyes.
Unfortunately, that is just shy of the one part in 770, or "3-sigma" in physics jargon, that is required to use the word "evidence," let alone "discover," leaving the Tevatron unable to settle the question of the elusive boson.
It turns out that settling on fifteen finalists, let alone choosing a winner, is easier said than done.
After all, men such as Sheikh Mansour and Abramovich didn't get where they are today by settling for second place, let alone fifth.
