But all of a sudden Britain's newspapers, the qualities included, have become seized with the notion that the old political commentator, at 64, is fast becoming the nation's latest sex symbol.
She and Mr. Arriaga said they became seized with a desire to apply their talents and time to something beyond retouching photographs and polishing advertising campaigns.
Many Americans became seized with the fear — fanned by racism and, as it turned out, false — that crack-addicted black mothers in inner cities were giving birth to a generation of damaged and possibly vicious children.
Just as the children of postwar America were starting to have their own children, they became seized with an intense nostalgia for the cultural signs and symbols that surrounded them in the 1950's.
The diplomat added it has become "seized with the climate issue," said Stern.
He became seized by the pipeline issue.
He became quite seized with helping to rebuild self-confidence in liberal values and practices," said Kupchan, now a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University.
The longer the back-off time is, the less chances that the channel being seized with other nodes becomes, which leads to the less likelihood of conflicts.
Not long afterward, Freddy was seized with the desire to become a cameraman for "Glenn O'Brien's TV Party".
"I would not say that we have become an intermediary, but it is fair to say that we are fully seized with the issue," the senior official said.
