Indeed, in a decade when over-the-top chandeliers have fallen out of favor, a restrained design that has both the weight of over 700 years of tradition and a certain lightness of being is nothing short of a bright idea.
The constant newsreel of arrests is nothing short of a public relations nightmare for the NFL. The league is already contending with a handful of lawsuits from the Saints bounty scandal and more than 2, 000 concussion-related suits from former players.
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Oyster procreation in the most nurturing of environments is nothing short of a gamble.
Laura Gibson's new album, Beasts of Seasons, is nothing short of a masterpiece, both for its flawless and often haunting execution and for its inspired statements on the human experience.
Commercial property is a more rational affair, although hubris can play a part: there is nothing like a picture of a trophy property to adorn a fund manager's annual report.
Others have said that most of these multi-millionaires and billionaires are giving away most of their wealth anyway and that this is nothing short of a publicity stunt.
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Mahathir's policy of isolationism, in what used to be Asia's most internationalized manufacturing economy, is nothing short of a disaster.
What that means in practical terms is nothing short of a complicated, confusing mess.
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Shopping is nothing short of a recreational sport this time of the year.
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That she not only lived but recovered is nothing short of a miracle and the fruit of grit, determination, and just plain stubbornness.
The US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is nothing short of a floating airport, capable of launching four war planes every minute from its 4.5 acre flight deck.
This is nothing short of a coordinated effort between the billionaire foundations pushing school reform and Tea Party conservatives intent on slashing benefits and ending collective bargaining rights.
So as we've seen, the surge in obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis, and it's threatening our children, it's threatening our families, and more importantly it's threatening the future of this nation.
Key limes are yellow, and that is the colour of an authentic Key lime pie, which is nothing more than a custard of Key lime juice, sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks in a cracker crust, then topped with meringue or whipped cream.
Nothing is more of a turn off than a bathroom where the grout is dirty or moldy or full of soap scum.
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Cricket is also nothing short of a religion in places such as India and Sri Lanka, where cricket players are superstars and big matches bring daily life to a standstill.
Parenting expert and TV mom Kate Gosselin seems to have had trouble lately imparting her Christian values on her pack of eight in fact, it seems that her on-camera parenting (or parenting by camera?) is producing nothing short of a brood of bullies.
But evolutionists maintain that the fact that golf clothes get more hideous all the time is further proof that this veil of tears is nothing but a crap shoot.
As it turns out, a house is nothing more than a heap of rotting wood, crumbling cement and deteriorating mechanical parts.
And insofar as a brand is nothing more than a community of people with shared beliefs, brands are still as relevant, as resonant, and as vital as ever.
And 1998 is a precursor of nothing other than an acceptance of a moderate slowdown.
And that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos, or the domain of special interests.
In regards to your particular question, bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) is nothing but a description of a certain pattern of symptoms.
Nothing is as much of a long shot as Milchan's quest for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians--and nothing seems to excite him more.
"This attack is nothing but a sign of desperation by the terrorists, who've lost all their stronghold and are in complete decline right across Somalia, " he said.
That approach can land an executive in jail when the deals he approved torpedo the company--and there is nothing but a bunch of hopeful spin to explain them.
"Bangladesh thinks the resolution is nothing but a piece of paper, and the U.S. Congress has no power to do anything against any country that will ignore them, " he said.
They, first of all, these are - it's a largely Republican area, but more than that, they are furious at the idea that South Carolina is nothing but a bunch of laid-off textile workers.
Conservatives like to complain that the trust fund is nothing but a set of IOUs, but the problem is that the trust fund is full of real securities that are subject to the debt limit.
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