In terms of complimentarity, the deal with Merrill could hardly have looked better.

ECONOMIST: Asset management

Previously we had to deal with problems that could hardly be appreciated in western countries.

BBC: Breakfast with Frost

Barely out of their teens, with canvas sneakers on their feet and little in the way of equipment, they hardly seem equipped to deal with the devastation ahead.

NPR: Dam Scrutiny, Quake Aid Efforts Ramp Up in China

Such unnatural and unthinking constraints on decision-making would appear particularly ill-positioned to deal with uncertain situations, and hardly what we would hope for in a decision-maker facing a first-time-ever dilemma.

FORBES: Debt-Ceiling Roulette: Leadership Lessons

If you deal with an event in one country, it would hardly be appropriate to include the minister of that country.

CNN: Relegated to the Sidelines?

Sun is vital to the deal's success but with no equity involvement, it is hardly locked in.

ECONOMIST: War of the worlds

Now, as the European Union wonders how best to deal with its sullen, poverty-stricken eastern neighbours, his thoughts on culture and history could hardly be more topical.

ECONOMIST: Obituary

And I hardly think that pursuit of equal rights, pursuit of comprehensive immigration reform, pursuit of sensible policies that deal with climate change and enhance our energy independence are ideological.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"He focuses on the fact that we are Americans first, and I hardly thing the pursuit of equal rights, pursuit of comprehensive immigration reform, pursuit of sensible policies that deal with climate change and enhance our energy independence are ideological, " Carney said Tuesday.

CNN: January 23, 2013 -- Updated 1714 GMT (0114 HKT)