A reporter on TV, unable to give up the suspense, tries to think up fanciful ways in which John McCain could reach 270 electoral votes.
The notion that magically, through learning, we will end up with an optimum set of rules, I think is fanciful.
I don't think it's fanciful to imagine that, in suggesting this, Wallace was also thinking of his own writing, and his need to find a way out of the creative impasse that trying to complete his final novel, The Pale King, had produced.
But most business-minded observers think such plans fanciful, like the models of Juba skyscrapers in government offices.What is less fanciful is the southerners' determination.
"Hotels have to make sure they address the basics before they think about the fanciful," he said.
However, I don't think it is fanciful to suggest that the continuing power of Poldark is about more than the Byronic good looks of its hero.
"To pick out one particular phenomenon of telomere length as a key determinant of ageing and say that if you're going to lengthen telomeres you're magically going to cure ageing, I think that's fanciful".
If you're in the planning stages of your own wedding but think that a fanciful setting might only be reserved for Queen Elizabeth II's heirs, think again.
Walt Disney Method:Participants are instructed to think like Dreamers (fanciful ideas of what the product or service could be); like Realists (more realistic, easy to implement ideas), and like Critics (negatives that should be avoided).
I think that is fanciful". Mr Mundell said he believed both Nicola Sturgeon and Theresa May would have a "constructive" relationship and their collective aim would be to get the best deal for Scotland and the UK in the EU negotiations.
