Twombly introduced words from early on as direct descriptions, as backgrounds and as elusive messages.
As parents, my wife and I had to confront our own tendency to gaze at smartphone or tablet screens for that elusive email or message: was it really fair to take away our children's screens while we kept snatching furtive glances at our own?
Even if the contents of the message remained elusive for decades, we would know that there was someone "intelligent" at the other end.
Even as thousands of messages remained elusive, the investigators ultimately reached consensus that the evidence didn't warrant criminal charges, which required proof of intentional misconduct, gross negligence, or efforts to obstruct justice.
Representative Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, recently proposed legislation that would put a bounty on spammers who fail to identify their e-mail as advertising, as an incentive to citizens and service providers to track down the often elusive origin of the messages.
Phthalates are associated with a variety of health outcomes, but sources that may be targeted for exposure reduction messaging remain elusive.
Through a friend who had recently started working for Apple in Los Angeles, I attempted to relay a message to the elusive upper echelon of people at iTunes who have the clout to authorise waiving their profits from downloads.
The elusive killer taunted police, leaving messages in the form of tarot cards at the scene.
"Michigan and Wisconsin have been elusive to Republican candidates, but his message on illegal immigration, trade and jobs, and patriotism is different".
Down the road ahead they find runic messages, brief encounters charged with elusive significance, random violence, masked providence.
