| And while Alston is one of the league's nicest guys, he's a career journeyman at best. |
| For many managers, passing judgment on another human being is an awkward exercise at best, a breeding ground for rancor and hostility at worst. |
| For example, my years of teaching education policy have convinced me that the research basis for many popular reforms is weak at best. |
| In the 1920s, British historian Charles Grey savaged the American adventurer as an unhinged embellisher at best, and a liar at worst. |
| Team specific marketing was an afterthought at best and almost non-existent. |
| Further, this conception renders purposeful art at best aimless and at worst nonsensical. |
