As theories go, it tends to ignore the reason these players' contracts might be under question in the first place, and generally the evidence in support of this premise was slightly patchy this weekend.
But not everyone was convinced of this premise.
The absurdity of this premise is that most immigration is no such thing.
It's easy to imagine a version of this premise where things get ugly, fast.
The sentimentality of this premise reverberates discreetly underneath a rough, matter-of-fact surface.
The "without looking cheap" part of this premise couldn't have backfired more spectacularly.
And John McCain's defeat has been taken as the vindication of this premise.
The first "Stepford Wives" exploited the horror-movie implications of this premise, rather than its comic possibilities.
The essential solemnity of this premise is often disguised by the mad momentum of Pericles' far-fetched adventures.
A few decades ago, the suspenseful ambiguities of this premise could have been teased out almost indefinitely.
Brainy stuff, this string theory, but the play is a simple and often graceful demonstration of this premise.
