It is a good question, seldom asked by those who make American foreign policy, and even more seldom answered.
He seldom answers questions without anticipating the broader conclusion that others are likely to draw — in this case, the conclusion that he was just a cheater.
In his final chapter, Kotkin tackles the question that is often asked but seldom answered: what if there had been no Stalin?
She might stop over unexpectedly to recite a ditty she wrote, but she never spoke about her private life, seldom answered the telephone and never let anyone into a house that, with eight bedrooms, was several sizes too big for her.
Field notes Practice F Patients seldom answered with a simple 'yes' or 'no' and brought up specific difficulties, such as bereavement.
Although the nurses were supposed to read the health report and questions sent by the parents at least on the days when they were not making a home visit to the family, some nurses seldom answered the family.
Nonfictional prose seldom can answer positively the question that Rilke and D.H. Lawrence suggest that any potential writer should ask: Would I die if I were prevented from writing?
More taxes are seldom the answer.
