While a Frenchman still insisted on the right to duel, in many instances a touch on the arm with a sword, or a pistol shot that went noticeably wide, was enough to satisfy honor.
The train that is the nation's economic recovery has slowed noticeably, unable to generate enough jobs in the last two months to keep pace with population growth, much less reduce the vast numbers of unemployed Americans.
Unfortunately, this boost in testosterone is probably not enough to noticeably increase muscle growth.
Research from the Cleveland Clinic also found that performing a "virtual workout" in your head is enough to noticeably increase muscle strength.
The America Forward Fund would be a private/public partnership based around infrastructure bonds to unleash a wave of infrastructure and modernization projects on a scale large enough to noticeably shrink the number of unemployed.
A day or two won't cause any harm, but even one week on a table that receives direct sunlight most of the day is enough to noticeably fade many book covers, and will intensify the acidic mustiness of an old book.
The intellectual wrestling matches that once divided many of these African writers and thinkers -- whether to write in a colonial or native language, for instance, or whether a writer was political enough -- were noticeably absent.
That helped appease at least some of the state's powerful agricultural and business interests, which had lobbied against the bill, and gave Mr. Deal, a Republican who had been noticeably silent on the issue, enough confidence to throw his support behind the measure.
Think of this: Just your breath on a glass of water has enough CO2 to noticeably alter the pH in a glass of water.
But heading into All-Star weekend, the rule has proved strict enough to cut down noticeably on the overacting.
Growing with the market, as opposed to noticeably outpacing it, hasn't been enough to engender much excitement among investors.
