It was the lack of an arresting theme for his campaign, which made it difficult for him to distinguish himself from the pack.
She's carrying a lot of baggage from her past; she's facing a happy warrior bearing a simple, bold message that he repeats like a metronome; and she doesn't have a similarly arresting theme or a charismatic political persona to fall back on.
The problem wasn't just his tendency to mangle his words, such as when he confused Iran with Iraq, referred to the problem of "anchor babies" and compounded the gaffe by associating them with Asian immigrants, or said that "People need to work longer hours". It was the lack of an arresting theme for his campaign, which made it difficult for him to distinguish himself from the pack.
The Almeida space is being reconfigured for this, and with designer Miriam Buether on hand it promises to be visually arresting, reflecting themes of surveillance and voyeurism.
Female acquiescence — or receptivity — is a timeless and arresting artistic theme.
The imagery is arresting and the themes intriguing, but "To the Wonder" lacks the emotional insight and spiritual grandeur of Mr. Malick's previous film, "The Tree of Life".
Given that most fiction is read by women, and that the purchase of a hardcover novel suggests a certain midlife affluence, it's hardly surprising that so many book buyers would find this theme arresting and easy to relate to.
Taylor's other theme, arresting in such a short book, is the importance to Proust's work of the Dreyfus affair, which rumbled away in the background throughout these years.
The New York Daily News reports that of 22 alleged child sex predators arrested, three were theme park employees.
Insistent themes resurfaced throughout the tranquil, arresting work, with delicate, ephemeral motifs repeated with increasing intensity, until a fiery outburst shattered the serenity.
