Commentators argued that only one prize could explain why the former British prime minister (and nominally centre-left politician) put himself through the ordeal.
Though Mr. Ryan's position as Liberal Party leader put him nominally in charge of the federalist forces, he was overshadowed during the campaign by the more forceful federal prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
First, most of the terrible writing found within the book was not going to show up in the screenplay -- sorry, fans of "psychic solar plexuses," but screenwriters of HBO's caliber are nominally interested in putting words on the screen that make some sense.
I would welcome an effort by any responsible news outlet to pursue an examination of our strategic policies in regard to these (are there others?) nominally secret wars and to put our leaders — executive and Congressional — on the record as to their understanding and support, or lack thereof, of these policies.
The decision to put the home secretary nominally in charge of the government's long-delayed alcohol strategy was taken back in March, when the then health secretary was deep in what was known in Whitehall as the "Lansley sulk".
Later on Thursday, the Egyptian activist Wael Eskandar posted a link on Twitter to a compilation of graphic, disturbing video clips documenting incidents of police brutality since the election of President Mohamed Morsi last year put the security forces nominally under civilian control.
As Sam Biddle put it in a nominally different context (reporting on a Buzzfeed reporter's slobbering over the subject of her work): "Pure, uncritical adoration goes beyond the usual biases, and makes a reporter seem incapable of grappling with the complexity of [his or] her subject".
The new coach has put him in central midfield, nominally as a defender in front of the defense.
Mr. Qiao said that under China's centralized political system, local governments, even Hong Kong's nominally autonomous government, could not pass or put in place laws without central approval.
