If the Earth were truly as isolated as it looks, that unavoidable tendency would be the lot of life.
But I find myself wondering if Manhattan's much ballyhooed melting pot is truly as diverse as some residents believe.
When he watches himself on early Top of the Pops clips, Fry wonders if he was truly as imperious as he looked.
It will be another half-century before gaming is truly as "native" to almost everyone alive as cinema, television and recorded music are today.
Can the world's first truly democratic nation, and in so many ways the greatest, become something truly as ugly as its enemies accuse it of being?
If the battle for public opinion were truly as decisive as the DG's research claims, why bother putting the boot into Murdoch at all?
As for the cells with which he now works, iPS cells, many hurdles remain before they are truly as versatile as the embryonic stem cells they mimic.
Yet even they may find the film too mild for their taste, and wonder if the White House of 2016 was truly as harmonious as the film suggests.
The New York Times continues to publish articles about evolution (some by yours truly), as do many other newspapers and magazines.
Watching F8 last month, one couldn't help but wonder if the future is truly as simple as opening a chat and texting what you need.
Are they truly as normal as Mr. Ahmadinejad stated?
