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Agree with your estimation of the limits on Mendelsohn's otherwise not-bad review, as well; I'd go further and suggest that TKO has some bad news for the reader looking for the expected "uplift", in the standard affirmation of humankind's basic nobility, which too many novels, poems, plays and films (et al) have been hawking mercilessly since the dawn of the PC Reich.

Furies 2009

"This is a 'not-bad' report," Patrick Newport, an IHS Global Insight economist, wrote in a note to clients.

Manufacturing Notches Slight Gains Sara Murray 2011

The wig sits lopsided, or maybe it's on straight and it's my perception that's skewed because of my not-bad bad eye.

Fairground Julie Innis 2011

Pretty awful teen horror comedy with Megan Fox as a stuck-up girl who gets transformed into a flesh-hungry demon by a touring emo band, much to the dismay of her nerdy best friend (not-bad Amanda Seyfried).

Weekly Mishmash: January 3-9 : Scrubbles.net 2010

In fact, Singleton hasn't directed a feature since 2005's not-bad "Four Brothers."

‘Four Brothers’ To Reunite For Imaginatively Titled Sequel, ‘Five Brothers’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010

She offers some thoughts about what this is about: ...perhaps infidelity is about what it appears to be able: sexual ennui if not desperation in an otherwise not-bad marriage, and/or lust....

Bella DePaulo: Don't Want to Divorce? Indulge Your Polyamory or Asexuality, Have Your Affairs, Live Apart Bella DePaulo 2011

So of that $1 billion deal, $800 million is composed of BBB rated bonds. $800 million also happens to be a not-bad number for the size of a typical residential mortgage backed security, meaning from the AAA tranches down to the so called equity layer of that first generation securitization.

Thomas Adams and Yves Smith: FCIC Report Misses Central Issue: Why Was There Demand for Bad Mortgage Loans? Thomas Adams 2011

Lunch was a not-bad bulgogi, a marinated steak-and-onion dish, but the pickled side dishes half the reason one goes to Korean restaurants in the first place were disappointing, the red-hot kimchi insipid.

'John Travolta Was Here' Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Pretty awful teen horror comedy with Megan Fox as a stuck-up girl who gets transformed into a flesh-hungry demon by a touring emo band, much to the dismay of her nerdy best friend (not-bad Amanda Seyfried).

2010 January : Scrubbles.net 2010

Worthy and well-intentioned, which is a backhanded compliment for a not-bad film.

DVDs: Japanese Noir? Hai! 2010