It wasn't clear how long a smiling, steely "no" — even when underwritten by sane economic theory, a popular mandate, and a level of charisma that inspired a member of the Portuguese parliament to proclaim, online, "Damn, the Greek finance minister is sexy" — could serve as the primary international posture of a bankrupt nation hoping to stay in a currency union.
Also, how will the spectre of the coin make Republicans more sane when conspiracy theories involving monetary machinations drive a whole faction of the Party?
Stone proclaimed his allegiance to "a sane politics, against conspiracy theories of history".
Strictly speaking, "peak oil" is a fact rather than a theory, as nobody sane doubts there is a finite amount of oil on the planet.
Levi gives Steinberg the name Henri, a young man who was "eminently civilized and sane, and possesses a complete and organic theory on the ways to survive in Lager".
Both sides, at least in theory, declare themselves open to new and sane federal legislation that might standardise America's sales tax regimes.
In theory, at least, this approach puts a sane ceiling on marketing costs, ensures a loyal user base and promises a free flow of revenue from advertising and commercial transactions.
"Anyone Can Whistle" is dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are equally a) insane and b) sane, and it goes to fanciful, tedious lengths to expound this theory.
Discussing choreographic theory in "The Art of Making Dances," her otherwise sane and inspiring book of 1959, Humphrey made occasional snide references to the newer abstract choreographers of her day.
He took a refreshingly sane view of the world, refusing to fall prey to fashionable theories, or the pronouncements of those whose practical experience was negligible or non-existent.
