Closer to the ground, however, those words are hardly reassuring.

But the experience so far in northern Iraq is hardly reassuring.

But the record of abuse by the regional phone companies is hardly reassuring.

That is hardly reassuring for people with close ties to the region.

It is hardly reassuring that such comments are not only being heard in my country.

Certainly, trends in the older media are hardly reassuring for the Internet.

But that would hardly be reassuring to a little girl, and already other ideas were flickering through my head.

But American officials and executives are hardly reassured by such statements.

That makes room for 775, but it's hardly reassuring.

But the sight of such an overachiever could hardly be reassuring.