is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety 
(ROOT (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB instead)) (ADJP (ADJP (RB about) (RB as) (JJ fresh)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (NP (JJ last) (NN week) (POS 's)) (NN issue)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN variety))))))))
(ROOT (VP (VBZ ) (ADVP (RB )) (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (RB ) (JJ )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (NP (JJ ) (NN ) (POS )) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ))))))))