Rather than hinting at some challenging existential thought, this calls to mind a boring domestic ritual.
But Mr. Jones's performance emphasizes Caliban's poisoned depravity rather than hinting at any innate nobility corrupted by his enslavement.
By itself, this seems unlikely to provoke panic; its travails are down to a specific investment, rather than hinting at a more broad malaise, along the lines of subprime loans.
Those offended by her comments assumed 35-year-old "Cry Pretty" singer was making a general comment about women's fertility and feeding the stigma of older women having children rather than hinting at her personal experience.
Settling the case with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department through nonprosecution agreements – the mildest form of rebuke – is a powerful example of the incentive for companies to turn themselves in rather than even hint at fighting the government.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Ralph Lauren Case Shows the Benefits of Cooperation | The Ralph Lauren Corporation's settlement of an investigation into foreign bribery is a powerful example of the incentive for companies to turn themselves in rather than even hint at fighting the government, Peter J. Henning writes in the White Collar Watch column.
He is clipped rather than effusive, hinting at rather than wallowing in acts of emotional or physical violence.
It's been a treat to see the inimitable Dame Maggie Smith portraying a more human Dowager Countess of Grantham, showing real emotion rather than just hinting at it through a caustic one liner.
To accuse Snowden of cowardice is first of all propaganda, though the fact that so much of the ad hominem abuse comes from patsy hacks rather than statesmen hints at the bitterness they feel at the sight of people from outside the cloister doing their job for them.
Rather than lightly hinting at a dollar fix, Paulson should recognize that the dollar is utterly insignificant except as a measuring stick that facilitates the wealth-enhancing exchange of goods.
I'd prefer a bolder lie from Sporting Life here (why doesn't he just tell Bess that it's over and that the cops are going to lock Porgy away for good, rather than just hinting that her man might never come back?).
