Still, despite the glimpses of subversiveness — her willingness to tackle Flomax, Viagra, involuntary celibacy and the other less quaint aspects of sex and love for the over-50 set — her films can hardly be said to be gritty.
Yet Mills looked rusty in the ensuing months, struggling to regain form despite the occasional glimpse of excellence.
They weren't helped by the visible decline in performance of club legend Drew Petrie, the ill-tempered struggles of Michael Firrito nor the lingering impression the modern game with its press at all costs mantra had passed Nick Dal Santo by, despite the occasional glimpse of his undoubted class.
Yet as a whole, Bridgeport is no longer really deserving of its unfavorable image — despite the grim glimpses one might get in passing from Interstate 95.
The glimpses are fleeting.
The glimpses of the clan's antics in recent years that have reached Libyans despite Col. Qaddafi's tight control of the media have added to the public anger now boiling over.
The trajectory is clear, and, despite the occasionally engrossing glimpse into the typical N.B.A. player's home life Hodges's tumult involved R. Kelly almost every detail is shared as context for his more radical turn in the late eighties and nineties.
Despite these glimpses of what it might have been, the stage version of "Snow Falling on Cedars," like the 1990 movie made from the novel, never gets up a head of steam.
In his career-making second feature, high-school comedy Election (1999), you didn't see much of Nebraska, despite a glimpse of a local paper, the Omaha World-Herald.
Gervinho was brought in to give Wenger another attacking option, but after proving largely inconsistent and scoring just nine goals in two years, he was allowed to leave for a fresh start in Serie A. Gervinho cut a frustrating figure during his time at the Emirates, earning a reputation for his inability to finish in front of goal despite showing glimpse of brilliance to work scoring chances.
