It is not so much that nothing was achieved - it is more that no one is quite certain what will sustain.

BBC: Europe after the euphoria

There've been warnings - as I heard a few weeks ago from a man who made the whole room sit up - that until we as patients are persuaded to see crumbling hospitals as liabilities and not assets, nothing much will change.

BBC: In the red, in the firing line

Again, nothing much not to like.

BBC: Rio revisited: Glass half-full?

Here at Forbes, Matthew Herper reminds us that knowing Steve Jobs has a very grave medical condition while also not knowing much about it is nothing new.

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But not knowing everything, or even not knowing as much as one would like to know, is not the same thing as knowing nothing.

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If the reforms amount to nothing more than shuffling corporate assets, they will not have much effect (especially if the already stretched banks are forced to absorb most of the bad debt).

ECONOMIST: South Korean restructuring

Then you must add the difficulties of orchestrating them in the right sequence, with nothing dropped, leaving some room for improvisation, but not too much.

NEWYORKER: The Checklist

Mrs Merkel put the constitution at the top of her to-do list, which is not just undesirable (in Charlemagne's view, anyway) but unrealistic: nothing much is going to happen in the next six months because of the French presidential and legislative elections.

ECONOMIST: Germany's role in Europe is changing

Though not as much as I was a couple of years ago because we wait and wait and nothing is changed.

BBC: Andrew Steggall

Many of the people surveyed said they did not know much about contraception to begin with -- 63 percent said they knew little or nothing about birth control pills, and 30 percent said they had scant knowledge about condoms.

CNN: Gaps found in young people's sex knowledge

For now, we view the sequestration drama as much ado about nothing for the economy as long as serious tax increases are not considered.

FORBES: Sequestration Drama: Much Ado About Nothing?

Not only did Branch fail to receive much in the way of endorsements, but his award also did nothing to help him negotiate a new contract.

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If not for the exorbitant tax rate, U.S. companies would love nothing more than to bring much of that money back home where it could actually serve as a second, though far more lucrative, stimulus package.

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Unfortunately, during much of this period world growth was dismal not robust, so the falling euro exchange rate did nothing for net exports.

FORBES: Europe Will Recover As The Euro Falls