But the big picture has also blurred with every blown game, night after night of coming up small.
It is quintessential, once read, never forgotten: "There was a desert wind blowing that night.
The United States had lost to Brazil, 1-0, in the 2003 Confederations Cup, but when the final whistle blew that night in Lyon, France, the American defender Gregg Berhalter walked off the field with a memento from a tough night.
The novelist Raymond Chandler is known for "hard-boiled" prose, like these powerful clauses he uses to describe the Santa Ana winds in his short story "Red Wind": There was a desert wind blowing that night.
John Starks's desire to void his contract with the Bulls so he could become eligible to play in the postseason was dealt a severe blow last night by an independent arbitrator.
"There was a desert wind blowing that night.
When Rintoul arrived at work one morning last week, his staff agronomist, Jay Sporl, warned him that hot, dry winds had blown all night.
I'd imagine that WB would be more impressed with a $20-$20-$25 millionning day that blew away Night at the Museum 2, as opening to a $28 million two-day thatl.
Blowing the night out with friends isn't worth it, since you can always hang out with them any other day.
Sending the contestants and camera crews to skid row could be as callously invasive as the worst Paris Hilton moments on E!'s "Simple Life," but TLC tries to soften the blow with night-vision cameras and grainy, washed-out film, and by keeping the contestants and crews as unobtrusive as possible.
