Still, the cast Ryan and Cole have assembled have a watchable, scratchy chemistry and the final 15 minutes see the pace ratcheted up several notches.
On this view, the exact tally of MPs Labour notches up is irrelevant; it doesn't even matter whether Labour is the largest or second largest party.
He always notches far more goals than assists; truly great NHL forwards have more balanced stats, showing that they are boosting their teammates' productivity as much as their own.
(In S&P's ranking system A is three notches below AA, and BBB+ is a further two below that).
Chicago's credit ratings have fallen to a few notches above junk.And pensions for public workers are a time bomb, says Laurence Msall of the Civic Federation.
Our article on Greek banks (June 18th) said that Standard & Poor's now rated Greece at the lowest notch above default; in fact it is four notches above.
On February 27th Moody's, a credit-rating agency, downgraded the city's credit-worthiness to two notches above junk, mostly because Chicago is carrying more than $20 billion in unfunded liabilities for four of its pension funds, and already has a deficit of around $300m in its operating budget.
Kevin Buehler, head of the financial-institutions practice at McKinsey, who has analysed the performance of more than 200 American banks between 1997 and 2002, found that big upsets (defined as bankruptcy, a ratings downgrade of two or more notches or a drop in profits of 20% or more) were far more common than the term "100-year storm" would lead you to expect.
An analysis by Exotix, a research group, found that peripheral European nations have ratings six notches higher than emerging economies with similar financial conditions.The commission's paper is part of an ignoble tradition of "shooting the messenger".
Coming on the day that Standard & Poor's downgraded Italy's debt by two notches, the wreck of the 114,500-tonne 114,500-tonne Costa Concordiaany Italians as an uncomfortable metaphor for their country's financial plight.
On May 20th Fitch, a ratings agency, cut the country's debt rating by another three notches.
