"The necessary evil means precisely that: it is both 'necessary' and 'evil,' " she said.
Yet, at least for me, its fascination is precisely that it celebrates a period, namely 1927, when Broadway was confident and creative and its leading players as famous as any Manhattan model or Hollywood star now.
Politics may make for emotional conversation, but its utility is precisely that it forces us to confront issues and take a stand on them.
One of its supposed advantages is precisely that it "gets difficult jobs done more efficiently".
One the of things about the mutual approach — that ironically makes the Treasury nervous, but should actually be sung as one of its great attractions — is precisely that it isn't as simple as going down to Companies House and registering a plc.
In contrast, the WUA framework did not allow farmers to renegotiate water distribution and introduce changes in the TU infrastructure of canals and division works in any way; its major weakness is precisely that it provides no space for such negotiations.
Yet what the industry and its defenders demand is, of course, precisely that it be let off the hook for the damage it causes.
This is the fascinating space of modern shame: precisely, that it has no consequence, that the intensity of its spleen is a function of its meaninglessness, that the overstatement is partly driven by a suffocating sense of inauthenticity.
THE problem with understanding human uniqueness is precisely that it is unique.
What he liked was precisely that it wasn't a carbon copy of the Swedish series.
Yet the distinctive feature of Smith's acting is precisely that it feels real.
