Word: afterthought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million, but he figures the money is well spent. The major purpose of Bond's nautical campaign is to promote his projects in Western Australia, particularly Yanchep Sun City, a recreational development near Perth. On that score, says Bond, "we have already won." Almost as an afterthought, he adds: "Only the sporting outcome of the race is left to be determined...
Here is a guy who saw limited varsity experience his junior year, filling in when Doug Eliot was injured and taking a shift here and there. He was barely noticed by the fans, and when his name was brought up it was usually as an afterthought. Some questioned his ability to become a varsity starter...
...against bright yellow canvas. Then he hung the stencil itself on the fabric-also upside down. A handy whisk broom was slapped onto another tapestry. Working on a third, Miró's eye lit upon an empty paint bucket; he rammed it into the composition then, as an afterthought, added a fake spill of paint made of canvas. He proposed scorching certain areas to darken the hemp, and soon the studio flared with gouts of kerosene fires, quickly lit then doused...
...office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Impeachment was limited to removal from office and disqualification from holding future office; any other punishment would require criminal proceedings in the courts. The Vice President and civil officers had been added as an afterthought. Throughout the impeachment debate, the founders' wary eyes were almost exclusively on the President. But only once has the full machinery they designed been put into action-against President Andrew Johnson, who had come to office upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln...
...people who make up GRO have long seen the need for a change in how politics is pursued. A political candidate, especially on the local level, ordinarily is chosen before any platform is worked out. The platform is an afterthought worked out to appeal to the largest number of voters. After the elections, the platform is immediately relegated to the dust...