One of Mitchell's great achievements is the juxtaposition of a string of tales in which people hover between life and death, in a kind of animated limbo, constructed with a love of detail rather than a desire to create vague horror.
It is at least a measure of their self-belief, which seems somehow to be intact, that they have created vaguely winning chances from distinctly unpromising positions, in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Galle, but each time they have mucked it up.
The development of networks creates a vague physical boundary of a campus and allows greater affordance for learning.
"This proposal creates a vague and unworkable standard for reporting and a massive new liability regime that could chill free speech and innovation online, without any appreciable national security benefits," said Michael Beckerman, the president and chief executive of The Internet Association, an industry group whose members include Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Note that the three diamond shapes should connect in way that creates a vague heart shape with sharp corners.
They create a vague sense of anxious coercion, of asserted significance, of the author insisting on his terms and inventions.
The movement palette is boilerplate contemporary-international — ballet, modern, capoeria, yoga, hip-hop — with all of the various complexities and particularities smoothed out to create one vague patina.
One group, Public Knowledge, said that instead of providing clear protections, the F.C.C. "created a vague and shifting landscape open to interpretation.
The music, by Michael Convertino, lies over the action like a shadow, gathering force from time to time to create a vague, insistent feeling of dread.
Mr. Jordan's direction emphasizes big bear hugs and heart-to-heart conversations along with a few artificial crises to create a vague sense of suspense.
