Partially because his nickname evokes a faceless corporation that does nasty things to idealistic young employees, but mainly because of the briefness and the brightness of his purple patch, a brief explosion of vermillion in an otherwise eggshell career.
The essay takes the form of a letter of advice to his friend Paulinus, who must have made the mistake of complaining, within earshot of Seneca, about the briefness of his days.
Many parents fail to take the briefness of gymnastics glory into account.
But if he's going for theater of the absurd, he undermines it with his more self-consciously poetic writing, like this empty riff: "And he does not know why this is his favorite sound of all time, only that there is something so perfect in its briefness, in its sense of longing".
However, Smith firmly denies that her youth was anything to do with the briefness of her career in government, insisting all her colleagues were "warm and welcoming from the prime minister down".
The briefness of Cameron's visit also meant he didn't have as much time as he might have liked to catch up with his old friend and communications director, Andy Coulson, who was seated tantalisingly close to his former boss on table eight.
While not as seemingly omnipresent as such contemporary athletes as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Manning reached a level of fame few football players whose accessibility to fans has been historically limited by, among other factors, the briefness of their careers and playing while wearing face-obscuring helmets—had ever reached.
Apologies for the briefness of this introduction but I've had a late call-up, just like Trevor Sinclair at the 2002 World Cup.
Despite the briefness of the attack, witnesses were able to give investigators a good description of the suspect.
celebrates Schumann's episodic style by exaggerating its briefness.
Randy Pausch, the professor whose "last lecture" made him a Lou-Gehrig-like symbol of the beauty and briefness of life, died Friday at his home in Chesapeake, Va.
