Mr Fujimori now looks far less able to resist international pressure for democratic reforms.
My wife, who apparently looks far more dangerous than I do, was pulled aside for a pat-down.
Conversely, the downside for shares in Citigroup, indeed in American banks as a whole, looks far greater than the upside.
In order to pick Ireland's best food and household product stocks, Goodbody Stockbrokers' Liam Igoe looks far beyond the island.
Mr Hunt may survive but his long-term future looks far from certain.
If you start the clock in 2007 - as I did in my earlier post on this - it looks far too low.
American officials are right to say that no deal is better than a terrible one, but the agreement on offer looks far from terrible.
In the eyes of Libyans emerging from their long trauma, the future looks far brighter for them than for other Arab neighbours after their revolutions.
Morgan Stanley is highly profitable, and looks far from catastrophe.
He looks far too anxious for a man who must play the pivotal role in the batting order, he is a poor fielder and, at 30, is unlikely to kick on.
But a return to past glories looks far-fetched.
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If one of the monolines were to lose its cherished AAA rating a prospect that no longer looks far-fetched huge numbers of securities would be adversely affected, since they cannot have a higher rating than the company insuring them.
Now, with new Justice Department inquiries about what Gore said about those White House fund-raising calls and his association with the embattled Clinton, Gore looks far less commanding a candidate, and more big-name Democrats may be entertaining thoughts of 2000.
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Of the main currencies, the yen looks by far the cheapest relative to its long-term trend.
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For the time being, sadly, rising productivity in America looks a far safer bet than rising employment.
At this stage, the former path looks by far the less likely.
The tally so far looks grim: Revenue has shrunk 2.4 percent compared with last year.
Early ultrabooks have been stymied by high prices and Win8 so far looks like a remarkable non-factor.
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The evidence marshalled against Mr Zedillo so far looks flimsy.
But even the game, so far, looks to be shaping up into a solid, even slightly old-school, action-RPG.
Yes, always possible but so far it looks like everything is on track.
Modern digital magnetic tape turns 60 this year but despite its age, the technology looks like it is far from retiring.
So far it looks like parents, not taxpayers, will take the hit.
But looks only go so far, and when we actually spent some time using the device, we were a bit less impressed.
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