But there were no WMDs in Iraq and al-Qaida only materialised there afterwards, and as a direct result of the invasion.
It is striking that fears of employers significantly shrinking pay rises with the disappearance of inflation have not materialised: there is no sign in the UK of so-called bad deflation.
It is striking that fears of employers significantly shrinking pay rises with the disappearance of inflation have not materialised: there is no sign in the UK of so-called bad deflation (which of course means the Bank of England remains on course to push up interest rates, rather than cut them).
When those risks materialise, there is a destabilising flight to safety.
Ed Slater, just on as a replacement for Mike Fitzgerald, added a third with three minutes to go and, though a bonus point failed to materialise, there was plenty else to satisfy Cockerill.
First, while the Trust I work for is very definitely looking to save money by cutting jobs (along with the usual much-vaunted 'efficiency savings', evidence of which is yet to materialise) there aren't – yet – any plans for compulsory redundancies.
If these do not materialise, there should be a backstop to ensure that they receive at least a basic pension.Americans in virtuous states and cities will be just as furious about their tax dollars flowing to Detroit and other distressed places as Germans are about euros going to southern Europe.
"If, in the long run, the risk of a less open UK economy in terms of trade, migration and foreign direct investment were to materialise, there would be a negative impact on innovation and competition, and thus, productivity and potential output," he said.
And although those numbers failed to materialise, there were patches of empty seats as the attendance reached 47,427 - almost 5,000 down on the capacity.
Peter Kyle, deputy director of Acevo, said that if ministers' pledges of extra funding, outlined in last month's public services white paper, were to materialise then there would be another £2bn for charities – enough to fill the gap left by the estimated £1bn shaved from their local government grants.
After a further session in Montreal, plans for New York and Sao Paolo never materialised, although there was a one-off secret shoot in Cuba: "We went to the gay beaches there and shot La Chica del Gato Cat Girll), a lost Cuban film from the 20s".
