While it's not hard to find, say, authentic indie rock - throw a dart at a map of Brooklyn or Portland or Austin - country music, of the not-built-for-stadiums, non-Keith Urban variety, is more elusive these days.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian troops continued their drive on Saturday to retake rebel strongholds, even as there were indications that diplomatic efforts to end the violence could still prove elusive just days after Western officials had claimed a breakthrough.
That kind of one-on-one time is much more elusive these days; just last week I was secretly thrilled -- ecstatic!
And does anyone have an elusive leap day birthday?
At once direct and elusive, "The Day He Arrives" is a story about what might have been or perhaps once was.
"A year ago," he notes, "there was no prospect of a U.N.-led peacekeeping force, and civilian protection was looking more and more elusive as the days ticked by.
But because they will be spending less on each piece of hardware and software, and because they will extend the lifetime of equipment they already have, technology companies may well find a return to their glory days elusive.
Nowadays, of course, our main resolutions tend to revolve around health - to lose a stone, quit smoking, drink less, eat that sometimes elusive five-a-day.
He called for an end to partisan recriminations, and a unity that has seemed increasingly elusive as each day has brought more harsh condemnations from the left and the right, starting here in Arizona but rippling across the nation.
Not surprisingly, many experts are sceptical, pointing to the parallel with artificial intelligence (AI), which boffins confidently described as imminent in the 1950s but which remains elusive to this day.
