The clear goal, a glimpse into part of Mr. Bush's strategy for winning South Carolina, is to rally the loyal Republicans on the right, a significant slice of the state's primary pie.
That view out of the plane window into a mountainous cloudscape or, coming in to land on a clear day, a glimpse of lovely yet inexplicable patterns, be they the sewage treatment beds of Slough or relentless Soviet era apartment blocks, can momentarily lift air travel from the humdrum to the near sublime.
Others become clearer with a glimpse behind the scenes.
There were loud cries for a penalty try when a scrum was twice collapsed near the Warriors' line and, at the third attempt, Matawalu saved the day by hacking clear after getting a glimpse of the ball.
The open kitchen at Bar Americain affords diners a clear glimpse of the chef (and television personality) Bobby Flay.
In the aftermath of 9/11, we got a clear glimpse of what had gone wrong: a collapse of the city's traditional spirit of progressive civic conscience.
Yet Athill also describes Rhys, at almost 90 years old, correcting from memory the proofs of her final collection of stories -- a "clear glimpse of the central mystery of Jean Rhys: the existence within a person so incompetent and so given to muddle and disaster -- even to destruction -- of an artist as strong as steel".
And the project's appeal is clear: Nalanda offers both a glimpse of a glorious past and a chance of a bit of neighbourly collaboration.
On Thursday evening all that was still many months in the future as dozens of people gathered, surrounded by the factory's looming brick walls under a clear, starry sky, for a glimpse of the raw space and a preview of the hall's programming plans, which will be fleshed out in a series of concerts at the Greene Space over the coming year.
But, even before all the facts are made clear, the incident is a glimpse into North Korea's desperate global struggle for weapons and hard cash.
