Four decades later, Jonathan Ive did the same for Apple, with the iPod, turning technology that grew out of office equipment into a desirable possession.
According to them, it broadly speaking presents a rival as having a desirable possession in a negative light.
As John Bagnell Bury writes, "A fruitful land and a desirable possession in itself, Sicily's central position between the two basins of the Mediterranean rendered it an object of supreme importance to any Eastern sea-power which was commercially or politically aggressive; while for an ambitious ruler in Africa it was the steppingstone to Italy and the gates of the Adriatic".
There are few more desirable, or desired, possessions than a fine timepiece.
This is attributed to its availability in the surrounding environment and apparent possession of desirable woodfuel properties which has been reported elsewhere [10,13,23,24].
Is possession of desirable personality characteristics the only predictor that someone will be well-liked in a group of acquaintances, or does similarity to others in the group also matter?
Undesirable desire turned desirable.
But, Mack concludes, miniatures are finally so desirable because they resist total possession: "We are forever denied ultimate access to their interiority and the secrets they may contain".
The food my mother took me to buy that day was to serve a double purpose: sustenance on the ten-hour bus ride, and a farewell luxury before being committed for two months to a place where, as I was soon to learn, possession of any desirable foodstuff resulted in harsh disciplinary action.
Portland is trying to move its troubled point guard Damon Stoudamire, but with three years left on his $80 million contract and his recent citation for marijuana possession, he is not desirable.
