Rather, despite the damage George Bush did to America's prestige, in East Asia it remains high.According to a recent survey of Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, China and Vietnam by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, America's "soft" power ie, its ability to influence others through attraction rather than coercion has actually grown.
The south cannot brag that much of its best was produced in a golden age for all – but rather despite it, in the midst of hell.
The subsequent quarter-century of bungled democracy, military coups and deepening poverty have made his rule look rather benign, despite the grim statistics of repression and breathtaking embezzlement.
Unfortunately, Olivia Goldsmith's posthumously published "Dumping Billy" is also rather charmless, despite the author's demonstrable gift for acerbic humor in "The First Wives Club" and elsewhere.
C1 Travel Web Sites Buck Trend Online travel companies are doing rather well despite the Internet malaise, economic slowdown and fears of terrorism and airline crashes.
Butter-poached lobster, at $20, seems in its own way rather modest, despite the deluxe main ingredient, perfectly complemented by a rich coconut curry broth, hot and sweet.
And over the next few years, many innovators will instinctively recognise that, because of, rather than despite, the scale of the financial and social challenges faced by public services, this is now their time.
Wimbledon, the British Open golf championship and regular cricket test matches tend to pass off rather well despite the weather.There is little doubt that London could do the Olympics proud if it got them.
The classification is rather involved despite the fact that in this case the manifold (X) is automatically (G -homogeneous.
With the given sample conditions, beneficial effects from deacidification was rather limited despite the use of a mixture of water and ethanol as a co-solvent.
This demeanor is rather preserved despite the angle φ changing, as seen in the other plots with values ranging from 15° to 90° at intervals of 15°.
