Further, former colleagues at Microsoft and Shanda describe Mr. Tang as a pseudo-leader, perpetually detached, more interested in managing his image amongst foreign bosses and investors than generating lasting shareholder value.
And teens, hands perpetually affixed to their mobile devices, have remained very interested in fashionable headphones.
If you can remember what life was like when the world seemed to be perpetually out of focus, when the sort of issues that interested you were existentialism, sensation, falling in love, and the shape of the universe, you're probably part-way there.
"If the artist's proposed project doesn't seem doable, then we're interested," said Ranti Tjan, the center director, whose black wingtips perpetually carry a layer of clay dust.
Currently, Somalis feel there is none, but rather a set of self-interested countries near and far that have a financial stake in a perpetually dis-unified Somalia: from regional meddlers like Kenya and Ethiopia to international "lions," to quote a member of Parliament, like America and the U.K. Every one of them -- said one government minister -- has their interest.
His authentic self is always so taken up with the immediate that he is quite unconcerned with glorifying his part in defending his country, and much more interested in conveying the texture and character of the world in which he is perpetually meeting new and exciting people and hearing and doing surprising things".
Which is true as far as it goes, but ignores the fact that McCain wants to do a lot more, just not on the perpetually stalled Middle East peace process, in which efforts are of course hamstrung by the Israelis and Palestinians each being more interested in victory than compromise.
Shawn is perpetually late.
