American observers shouldn't buy into his sleight of hand: this week's diplomatic back-and-forth isn't the beginning of a new Cold War, but merely business as usual in Hugo Chávez's Venezuela.
US negotiators believe 40percentnt would be merely business as usual.
Goldman's main defense was that this is merely business as usual on Wall Street.
If traffic is merely bad, as usual, the next step is to make the area a little more glamorous.
For the Beach Boys of today -- whoever they are -- singing the romantic "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is merely business as usual.
Yet while a pardon for Marc Rich is a scandal with epic media coverage to match, billions of dollars in legislative quid pro quo for corporate contributors is merely business as usual.
For the Pats, it is merely business as usual.
And while Froman's appointment to the board of a gun company may represent a new trend in the symbiotic relationship between the NRA and the industry, these days the presence of firearms industry CEOs on the NRA's board is merely business as usual.
"Keeping busy, as usual".
