There were obvious signs of young men making and spending too much too quickly, but there were also signs of family life, danger, boredom and a conspicuous desire to appear sophisticated.
Patton intentionally expressed a conspicuous desire for glory, atypical of the officer corps of the day which emphasized blending in with troops on the battlefield.
Conclusion: The modified groin flap appears to be a little less reliable than is forearm flap; nevertheless, it could be a good option for patients who desire less conspicuous postoperative scars.
Instances were also cited of his incredible vanity, of his constant desire to be conspicuous in company, and of his envy of others' achievements.
Let, for example, anger be defined as "desire, accompanied with pain, for conspicuous revenge for a conspicuous slight that was directed against oneself or those near to one, when such a slight is undeserved".
The austere fashions of that time, often in black or white, coincided with the styles of an earlier economic downturn, and a desire to repent for the conspicuous consumption of the 1980's.
A nearly universal desire among writers is to make themselves conspicuous in their work.
Over time and through trial and error, the plant becomes tastier (and often more conspicuous) in order to gratify the animal's needs and desires, while the animal gradually acquires whatever digestive tools (enzymes, etc).
For he was a pioneer of an increasingly salient aspect of the way we live now – a conspicuous repudiation of the responsibilities of adulthood, a horror of ageing, a desire to retreat into an illusion of perpetual youth and energy.
Perhaps the desire for men to wear more jewellery is a symptom of conspicuous consumption in a precarious economic climate.
For the Chinese government, which in recent years has made no secret of its desire to promote China's supremacy on the world's most conspicuous athletic stage, the Olympics are closer to a gladiatorial contest than a sporting event.
