It barely matters in which century or locale they're set, so long as they deal with inner and actual conflict.
The problem with the AMT is that the limit was set so long ago that it is laughably low today (Nixon signed the original AMT into law).
If there is a French leader whose career seems to reflect an anxious awareness of this trap first set so long ago and now about to be sprung anew it is undoubtedly former prime minister Manuel Valls.
Assume the right mind set: so long as you follow the rules of the game, it's good to have a competitive, heated tennis match with an opponent.
The bar was set so low for so long that starting the season 9-9 feelikeike one of that dumb commercial where the parents wake up on Christmas Day and find a giant Mercedes SUV in their driveway.
And the games continued for hours after the sun had set, so that the long bomb passes thrown by the girl with a great arm winked in and out of sight, flying from the arc of one streetlight to the next.
The conventional wisdom is that the bar is set so low, as long as Palin manages to escape the evening without setting fire to Gwen Ifill, her performance can be spun as a historic win.
Rather, they're carefully set so that, in the long run, the bookie or casino will make money, regardless of any short-term outcomes!
They said it was unclear why the incontinence set in so long after the surgery, but noted that incontinence caused by childbirth also tended to begin later.
A genuinely sweet finale — set to "So Long, Farewell" of course — ended the afternoon with waves and cheers and a small boy pushing forward from the audience to present his performing mother with a bouquet.
