"This diplomatic and legal achievement comes as a decisive answer to the so-called alternative homeland, or Jordan Option," the king said on December 5th.Mr Abbas's people note further that the international fallout, too, has so far proved lower than previously anticipated: America which opposed the vote has yet to close the PLO mission in Washington.
But Mr. Gbagbo's forces -- "which he is using quite skillfully," according to Colonel Burkhard -- have so far proved too deft or too determined.
It has so far proved too difficult and divisive to write a permanent constitution for the post-Mubarak era.
But the job of then computing the worm's behavior, which was Dr. Brenner's goal, has so far proved too daunting.
For adults, there are Hebrew lessons, an undertaking that has not, so far, proved too compelling for most students, with their eyes set on migrating elsewhere.
Carbon capture has so far proved too expensive to be practical because the chemical work of separating carbon dioxide from the other components of exhaust gas requires large amounts of energy.
Despite Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's long-expressed dream of putting wind turbines on skyscrapers and bridges, the constraints of an urban landscape have so far proved too challenging for reliable wind power in the city, energy experts said.
Reconciling intelligence "agency discretion" with a fair "evidential regime" in court has so far proved too difficult although the government is still trying to find a way of making intercept evidence available for prosecutors.
X rays have so far proved too costly and difficult to use in chipmaking.
Fuel cells helped to put a man on the moon by providing astronauts with electricity and water but they have, so far, proved far too expensive for most down-to-earth applications.That, however, is changing fast.
