But if its Oscar chances prove slim, "Zinda Bhaag" is thoughtful enough to bode well for the possibility of noteworthy Pakistani imports in years to come.
It will also establish a precedent that makes Democrats and Republicans queasy during a time when future legislative majorities are likely to prove slim.
Most swimmers would have impulsively chosen to glide, but Phelps proved by the slimmest of margins what sets him apart.
In the face of increasingly popular low-carbohydrate diets, persuading consumers to try Slim-Fast products could prove difficult, analysts said.
But his competitors say that with Telmex, the heart of his empire, Mr. Slim has proved to be a hardball tactician who exploits the advantages afforded by the company's holdover monopoly status.
But even a compromise deal proved unaffordable unless it slimmed the unguaranteed future pensions of other savers.It did so, and they are sore.
The introduction in America in February of a new, slimmer version proved so successful that the company delayed its European launch because of a shortage of hard drives for the machines (providing an opportunity for eBay entrepreneurs to offer these scarce items at a premium to customers in Europe).
Given the difficulty of forecasting, and the "long and variable lags", as described in The Lag in Effect of Monetary Policy, in The Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays (1969), between adjusting monetary instruments and their effect on the economy, the likelihood that intervention, even if undertaken with the purest motives, would prove beneficial was slim.
Where Eminem makes a fatal mistake on his album is inviting Kendrick Slim proves he's one of the only MCs alive capable of hanging with Kendrick Lamar on "Love Game," making K-Dot flow over one of the craziest and cartoony hip-hop beats ever made...and K-Dot delivers, easily hanging with Eminem in a chaotic and complicated beat not normally associated with hip-hop.
