"I'm not suggesting that we yank all our troops out all the way, I'm trying to get to an endpoint," Mr. Obama said, then suggested that the United States might define success downward toward a "messy, sloppy status quo".
The drug's legal status is messy: although medical marijuana is legal in 18 states and in the District of Columbia, cannabis is illegal elsewhere in America.
Since 1916 the date has been known as Anzac Day.The alternatives for birth-of-a-nation moments for Australia, Canada and New Zealand are the long, messy negotiations on their status, first within empire and then in the Commonwealth, points out Mr McKay or perhaps the story of the dispossession of their native peoples.
The project has maintained a low profile and little has been said about its current status beyond a messy situation that has seen some investors cash in before a product is even released.
"I believe the case submitted by the Welsh Liberal Democrats and others on the need for radical change will stand up to scrutiny, in contrast to the inadequate, messy, and at times dysfunctional status quo," Ms Williams added.
That's messy, but I didn't post a Facebook status about that.
This simplification is convenient for maintaining a status quo, but defies the complexity and messy beauty of the human condition.
But even allowing for this caveat, I can't help feeling that the criticisms levelled at Morrissey's memoir – that it is messy, self-indulgent, poorly edited, and therefore unworthy of "classic" status – spectacularly miss the point.
Should you dive into your sister's messy divorce or shoulder responsibility for your buddy's shaky employment status?
We aren't interested in the messy business of forming a government, and we certainly aren't interested in status quo.
