Word: sighting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...little surprised at first sight of Chris sitting there; we talked. "I've got a son to support." She danced with only a little embarrassment. She was pleased when Chris told...
Nissan's ad campaign for its new Infiniti luxury cars is renowned for a novel gimmick: the autos are nowhere in sight. Now, as it turns out, neither are buyers. The Infiniti ads, applauded for their Zen approach, depict lushly photographed trees, boulders, lightning bolts and breaking waves. At first that created suspense about the $23,500 coupe and $38,000 sedan. Curious car shoppers descended on Infiniti dealerships just to catch a glimpse of the mystery mobiles. A Gallup poll in November found that the ad was the best- recalled commercial on U.S. television...
...remains to be seen. By selling it so soon, if he sells it, Bond risks lowering its value, since it is in part the elusiveness of great masterpieces that gives them their cachet. "It's certainly a lovely picture," says Burge wistfully. "I hope we don't lose sight of that amidst all the money and the greed...
During the crisis, Menem remained virtually out of sight. The key question is whether he will stick to this latest plan, since he has failed to honor many other austerity pledges. He had promised to rid the swollen Argentine government of scores of money-losing businesses and to make the country's bloated public sector more efficient, presumably by trimming its size through layoffs or attrition. But Menem, a Peronist whose political base is Argentina's powerful labor movement, has not had the stomach to set the stage for a confrontation with the country's blue-collar workers by carrying...
...organizing theme (the movement goes north; the emergence of black pride) and a dramatic arc that builds toward climactic episodes marking key milestones. What makes the series most satisfying, however, are the interviews with onetime partisans who look back with surprising insight and clearheadedness. It's the sight of a graying Carmichael smiling as he recalls a phone conversation with King just before King came out publicly against the Viet Nam War. Or Ron Scott, whose apartment was raided by National Guardsmen during the Detroit riots, explaining, "Inside of most black people there was a time bomb . . . a pot that...