Like Harmison, Johnson sometimes gives the impression that his best spells almost happen by happy accident, his action less well-oiled machine than a randomly-firing weapon.
But the combination of abundance and weak government almost never has a happy outcome in Africa.
Not long ago the promise of a happy life seemed almost inviolable.
In the popular World War II cartoon strip The Sad Sack, the character was a naive, confused, lazy, bumbling private, but happy enough and almost lovable.
There are many ways to practise the history of ideas, and true to the pluralist tenor of his subject, Mr Menand seems happy to employ almost all of them.
ECONOMIST: How the pragmatists changed the way Americans thought
Friends said the marriage was a happy one despite the almost 40-year gap in their ages.
Something somewhere almost always breaks down in this happy employee-employer relationship, and it can come from either side.
FORBES: What IBM Cutting Major Employee 401(k) Benefits Means For You
"I moved back home and there is almost no way to describe how happy it makes me when one of my kids says something so local in our accent!"
CNN: Regional accents thrive in U.S. -- but is that a good thing?
Higher income appears to correspond to increases in almost all other things that make a happy job.
Drill down to almost any procedure that keeps skittish patients happy and the price tag is enormous.
It is important to understand higher income appears to correspond to increases in almost all other things that make a happy job.
We were warmly received by our hosts, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. (TSE) Hondurans were happy to see international observers, almost 400 strong from various nations, which came to their country to offer support for the electoral process.
His other caveat was that if Scotland did leave the UK, then Lords reform could well be lost in the constitutional aftershocks - at which the committee almost purred at the prospect of many years of happy hair-splitting ahead.
The more I am alone with the Alone, the more I surrender to ambivalence, to happy contradictions and seeming inconsistencies in myself and almost everything else, including God.
Michigan star Trey Burke, a national player of the year candidate, had 15 points and seven assists Sunday, happy to feed the ball to Stauskas who almost couldn't miss, making seven of eight shots, including the six three's.
What animated Hunt was an almost naively simple belief in everyone's personal desire to be happy.
Some 91% of parents said they were very happy with the school meals service they received, with almost three-quarters (72%) saying the quality of the food was key and 87% saying they found school meals good value for money.
"I wasn't happy with the job I had, and I'm almost 40, " he says.
Flammarion was happy either way: the book, it says, has sold almost 300, 000 copies.
I'm very happy at French Vogue to be able to do everything -- almost everything -- I want to do in the magazine.
And polls constantly show that around four-fifths of Americans are happy with the reality of their managed care: a satisfaction level almost as high as for those Americans receiving care of the traditional sort.
Debutant Varney, signed on a season-long loan from Derby County, almost provided the perfect start with a powerful volley that Fulham keeper David Stockdale was happy to block to safety.
Dr. O'CONNOR: If you're happy in your family and if you feel comfortable in that role, then it's almost easier to be comfortable in your work-related role.
They are equally happy indoors and, when temperatures allow, outside, and the singular designs of their leaves have an almost couture quality.
WSJ: Rethink: Overcome Your Begonia Bias | Off Duty Spring 50
应用推荐