Possible Clues:

• " ... ___ in heaven"
• 'The way things stand now...'
• A technological subject grasped by relative, just the same
• Idiot's bagged time in football team already
• A protest largely succeeded already
• "The way things now stand ..."
• Like now; the way things are
• ''The way things stand . . .''
• "Given what we know ... "
• 'Given what we know ... '