"It must have been obvious to any one interested in natural history that the insects met with during a walk in summer may be arranged in two great groups:... difficult to find... and... startling colours and conspicuous attitudes" The association of warning with "nauseous or dangerous" animals is identified.
To vent his disgust with the traffic, conspicuous consumption and attitudes of entitlement that pervade the East End in the summertime, Mr. Jaffe, 42, a Bridgehampton artist, created a Web site, www.nukethehamptons.com.
That behavior is of course related to the economy, as consumers change their attitude toward conspicuous displays of spending.
If you have an interest in the vehicle, you probably like conspicuous consumption and Detroit attitude.
The three subsequent ads played similarly on the contrast between fresh produce offered without affectation and the Hamptons' reputation for conspicuous consumption and merchants with attitude.
The comment, while in tone reasonable, suggests an attitude of jaded conspicuous consumption that moves beyond the fatuous toward the genuinely insensible.
Underneath its hard shell of dirty talk and conspicuous consumption and boozing and attitude, it is family-friendly, a kind of guide through the trials of high school and bad parenting, an "S.A.T.s and the City".
But that composure vanishes once Tree's so-called "designer," a woman who is "all heels and hair and attitude," makes herself too conspicuous.
Cited for his "cheerful and untiring attitude" and for "set[ing] a conspicuous example", Towner was awarded the Military Cross for his actions.
The frustration in Strachan's camp must be that an attitude so prevalent against Germany here was conspicuous by its absence three days earlier in Georgia.
