But the first two acts — there are four, and they are sizable — spend long stretches anticipating the arrival of James, a former third-rate stage actor and current first-rate alcoholic.
What the governors have proposed — sizable government spending at a time when the federal deficit is growing ever bigger — is, in principle, something that some economists have criticized as financially irresponsible.
Genting's lobbying reflects its sizable ambitions and spending in New York.
Some Internet companies are spending sizable amounts of money in the belief that interactive video will yield better results than clips cut from television shows or more static Flash-based product demonstration.
That way candidates, if they're able to get some sizable donations, can spend more time campaigning instead of fundraising.
Meanwhile, I've spent sizable chunks of the last few years traveling around the world to visit clients in Bosnia, Lebanon, Cambodia, and so on, writing a book about Kiva and microfinance while meeting as many clients as I can.
This distance between the two sides on entitlement spending was sizable but not unbridgeable.
Mr. Florin said that while most users do not buy anything, a sizable minority ends up spending $15 to $20 a month.
It also helped organize a sit-in at the office of Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, to protest his plan to make sizable cuts in Medicare spending.
