Word: afterthought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only question that seemed to stump Dole on a recent Sunday talk show was what he did in his spare time. The Senator finally listed reading newspapers and magazines, and watching TV news shows. Almost as an afterthought, he added having dinner with his wife. When the Doles travel to their Florida apartment, they socialize little and participate in few activities other than tanning by themselves. When Bush and his wife go to Florida to visit their son, they see old friends and political leaders. Bush likes to pursue his hobbies, which tend to be of the upper-class sort...
...understated and endearing. Unlike Coke's moving train, the set is simple, the action comprehensible. Here Pepsi becomes the object of the escapade, not just an afterthought. As Fox climbs in and out of a car to avoid the obviously harmless canine and grab a drink, his acrobatics remind the viewer of his last good Pepsi commercial (where he climbs out of his apartment to get a Pepsi for his attractive neighbor...
...allowed to cross. Though some Gazans look to Jordan for guidance, King Hussein feels little responsibility for the territory. While West Bank Palestinians hold Jordanian passports, the nationality of Gazans is officially "undefined" on the travel documents they must obtain from Israel. Gaza has become such an afterthought that it is rarely mentioned in discussions about a Palestinian homeland. Fatah, the main P.L.O. group, has contributed little money or moral support to the territory...
...potentially dangerous defendants had long practiced a de facto brand of preventive detention: setting bail so high that it could not be met. But the act legitimized what had until then been an unacknowledged purpose of many bail procedures. "This sends a dangerous message that the trial is an afterthought," said Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz last week. New York Defense Lawyer Alan Silber was reminded of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: "To paraphrase the Queen of Hearts, 'First the sentence, then the trial...
...designing rugs, signs and building details. In his work with architects up to now, he says, "I have come in and bolted on things afterward." More and more he is working for developers directly. "I want to come in earlier -- to try to make it look not like an afterthought. We add the human scale and the life in many cases." His practical ideas are deeply elegant: outdoor maps for the retail center of a Marin County town will be three dimensional, cast in bronze and overlaid with a directional grid. For his latest commission, the grandest yet, he will...