Belief in the causal connection between meat and the masculine virtues persisted even after the decline of the Galenic medical tradition: Mahatma Gandhi, before reconverting to his original vegetarianism, briefly thought "that meat eating was good, that it would make me strong and daring, and that, if the whole country took to meat eating, the English could be overcome".
"I briefly thought that I was having a psychotic break," she said.
She lacked Arnold's fatalism, however, and briefly thought that she could bring him around with her many skills.
Last year, all sides briefly thought that they had a deal, but it unraveled mysteriously in the middle of the night.
She had briefly thought that it was a new song, and pronounced it "so fucked up that this is still the exact same level of relevance".
About half of those registered in 2004 have failed to renew their permits.Meanwhile Thailand's government briefly thought that a deal was possible with Myanmar's junta, in which the refugees and other migrants could be sent back under United Nations protection.
Last fall, when I learned of the Stuxnet attack on the computers running Iran's nuclear program, I briefly thought that here, finally, was the real thing: a cyberweapon purpose-built by one state actor to strategically interfere with the business of another.
I will admit after reviewing the report, I briefly thought that I was reading an article from the early to mid-1990s.
The promise did fade away briefly, and I can't help but think that had no one made a fuss about it, it would have continued fading.
"I don't think that's going to happen," Khan says, briefly irritated by the mention of Brook's name.
