"Since suffrage, since the right to vote," wondered Russell rhetorically, "what has meaningfully occurred?" Nothing much, he seemed to reckon.
But it was all over in time for my daughter to catch the Nigeria v Argentina World Cup game that evening, during which she seemed to reckon everything was miles offside.
This is the way the economy works, many seem to reckon: beating inflation means jacking up rates and choking off growth until price-growth slows.But this is deeply mistaken.
And six Central American presidents, meeting Mr Uribe in Panama, offered to co-operate against "terrorist violence".By attacking the cities, and especially politicians and the rich, the FARC's leaders seem to reckon that they can weaken both the economy and public support for Mr Uribe, thus bombing him to the negotiating table.
He has performed at a governors' conference, on network talk shows and even in Hollywood, persuading tycoons to shoot their films in Minnesota.Since the 1998 election, which he won as a Reform Party candidate with 37% of the vote, voters seem to reckon he has matured on the job, and could be the state's most popular governor ever.
The government is stuffed with party men and has been dogged by corruption scandals.In this section Poverty amid progress Two cheers for Fernández Battle by referendum Going nowhere ReprintsVoters, with reason, seem to reckon that his opponents would be worse.
The museum's curator of communications, Simon Williams, declared that the work signified "the movement towards the dematerialisation of art since the 60s", but most of the general public seemed to reckon that an empty room with a light flicking on and off was a pretentious conceit.
The staff at St. Bartholomew's hospital in West Smithfield seem to reckon the place is basically a shit pile.
Two, austerity in the midst of crisis — as Europe increasingly seems to be reckoning — makes no sense.
