"A possibility presented itself," she writes.
One possibility presents itself: an anonymous essay entitled "Observations on the Nature and Importance of Geology," published in October 1826 in Vol. 1 of the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal as Darwin was beginning his second year in medical school.
A new possibility presented itself: artificial intelligence.
About a year ago, when Google made Glass and its built-in camera available to early adopters and developers, it was apparent that an irksome possibility presented itself: the omniscience of cyber eyes.
Later, when I listened to Proulx give a rare interview about The Shipping News with the BBC's James Naughtie, another possibility presented itself.
Finally, as I am interested in grower Champagne -- made by a single family from its own vines -- I looked for these on every wine list, only ordering the tried-and-true versions from major houses when no other possibility presented itself.
In 1965, when I was in Paris for the shoot of "What's New, Pussycat?," and fell into undying love with that city, the possibility presented itself for me to stay there but I returned home to America in a panic.
A more alarming possibility therefore presents itself.
"When a possibility for peace presents itself, no matter how distant or unlikely, we have an obligation to pursue it.
