Tag: Perhaps

01 JUN

There is madness, but perhaps also method, in America’s trade policies

DIVINING meaning in the Trump administration’s trade announcements is a thankless task. No sooner does a policy seem settled than it is thrown up in the air once more. On May 23rd, days before a scheduled meeting with the European Union and Japan on a joint trade strategy and in the middle of talks to […]

28 MAY

LeBron James just pulled off what his former GM called ‘unprecedented’ and perhaps the most impressive accomplishment of his career

Maddie Meyer/Getty LeBron James scored 35 points, 15 rebounds, and 9 assists to help the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics in Game 7 to advance to the NBA Finals. In April, former Cavs GM David Griffin told Business Insider that James leading this Cavs team to the Finals would perhaps be the most impressive […]

09 JAN

“Historic And Perhaps Unprecedented”

It’s official: 2017 set a new record for big, costly disasters in the United States. The nation was struck by 16 hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters last year, each with losses exceeding $ 1 billion. Combined, these weather and climate disasters cost about $ 306 billion, according to new data from the National Oceanic […]

19 APR

Wee Volvo 20-Series Models Are Coming, and Perhaps to the U.S.

– In a conversation about product nomenclature and how expensive sneakers jibe with Volvo’s model offerings (more on that later), the Swedish company’s U.S. president, Lex Kerssemakers, seemingly let slip that a smaller, 20-series model is on the way. – “It’s pretty straightforward: The 90 is the biggest, and the 40 is the smallest,” Kerssemakers said. “And […]

17 APR

'Fate of the Furious' debuts to roaring box office, perhaps a record

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “The Fate of the Furious” is roaring to a record-setting global debut over the weekend even as domestic audiences showed less enthusiasm for the latest installment in Universal’s long-running “Fast and Furious” series. Final numbers have yet to be released, but based on earlier estimates, the action-thriller is poised to set […]

12 APR

Jude Law to Play Young Albus Dumbledore, a.k.a. “Youngledore,” in ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel — and Perhaps Have More Than Just a Goddamn Gay “Moment”

Some Fantastic news: Jude Law has just been cast as Young Pope Albus Dumbledore in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spinoff-prequel to the Harry Potter books. (There will be five Beast movies altogether, unless J.K. Rowling runs out of gibberish names for CGI animals sooner.) Variety broke the news that Law would be filling (well, pre-filling) the shoes of Michael […]

04 APR

Here’s Another Weekly Trump Imitation to Rely on and Perhaps Quickly Tire of

Alec Baldwin recently announced that he may, following SNL’s season finale in May, retire his Donald Trump impersonation. His reasoning: “I don’t quite know if people want to continue with that. If everything stays the same in this country as it is now, I don’t think people will be in the mood to laugh about it come […]