In his new book, he writes that maybe the end is nigh — not just for Republicanism, but for American predominance.
The opening on June 1st, attended by vast crowds, is the result of five years of planning and, at least as important, a willingness in recent months to press on when many believed Macau's prospects had collapsed.In March, Mr Ho himself expressed fears that the end was nigh not only for the City of Dreams, but also for other new casinos in Macau.
When Clive James, who is 75 and in poor health, says "the end is nigh, but not that nigh", he's defying gravity, as usual.
Sydney-born James, 75, was diagnosed with terminal cancer five years ago but has continued to work, joking in a recent interview - and following a widely reported hoax that he had died – that "the end is nigh, but not that nigh".
As I predicted here before on many occasions, "Is the end of the world nigh?" Perhaps not, but more to the point, does this mean that literally everyone on earth will start a fashion line sooner or later?
Rorschach appears several times in the movie without his mask before he is apprehended, carrying a placard sign proclaiming, "The End is Nigh," but not until he is unmasked by the police is it made apparent that the sign bearer is Rorschach.
That said, I find it well-nigh impossible, not to mention hazardous, to fish tiny pieces of chilli out of a pan of sizzling oil, as Tam suggests, so I'm going to cook them in a separate pan, and combine the two just before serving.
Indeed, what we are facing is something far more complex than an 'end-is-nigh' scenario: not the end of the world, but the end of the old industrial paradigm of endless growth premised on practically endless oil, that is increasingly breaching its own biophysical limits; and the emergence of an emerging paradigm of civilisation based on a vision of a global commons for all.
I hadn't been drinking, but it was well-nigh impossible not to drink at this event: all kinds of wineries and distillers were offering samples of their product: free wine and booze of every sort was at every turn.
Maybe the end is not nigh.
Ellen Hanak, from the Public Policy Institute of California, remains calm too: "The end is not nigh.
