Clive Davis, music-biz éminence grise, appeared long enough to be pelted with business cards and photo-op requests.
While characters rarely appear long enough to be fleshed out, those she meets add texture to what might otherwise be a litany of challenges.
Aretha Franklin appears long enough to drop a five-gallon jug of pickled pigs' feet on a hotel lobby floor while wearing a mink coat.
The critic Cyril Connolly appears long enough to view some of the German bombing of London in 1941 from a rooftop with Orwell, and to declare: "It's the end of capitalism.
The sun would occasionally appear long enough to brighten the last of the subalpine wildflowers hurrying to finish their brief pollination.
First, NabKin's actin-bundling activity maps to a 49-residue stretch (NabKin; Supplementary Figure S5A E), which appears long enough for harbouring multiple F-actin-binding peptides.
And the odds began appearing long before.
As for the boys, most hover in the background, appearing only long enough to serve their purpose.
Roger appeared briefly, long enough to arrange an assignation with Megan's mother, Marie, who was visiting for Easter.
Dave Van Ronk also appears just long enough to justify Mr. Lethem's "maven" play on "The Mayor of Macdougal Street," Van Ronk's memoir.
