I believe Akron will improve upon their 4-8 record in 2007 if the offense can find some consistency, an elusive trait last fall.
Unlike brands with well-known logos, expensive ad campaigns and sponorship deals, many Scandinavian designers retain a sense of exclusivity and, as a result, have that much-desired, elusive trait: authenticity.
It's probably a good combination of all of the above, but that one intangible, chemistry, is the elusive trait which very few team decision makers can feel and anticipate, and that chemistry can easily make the difference between first and second, wild card and long offseason.
Broadway's new production, which had a fall run in Toronto, was also directed by the uncannily perceptive Eyre, and it offers a provocative and combustible mix of acerbic wit, style, visceral sexual yearning, split-second comic timing, and that elusive trait known as chemistry, which occurs between Gross and Cattrall, and also between their superb costars, Simon Paisley Day and Anna Madeley.
In evaluating Tebow, he has obvious assets like size and athleticism, and a superabundance of intangibles: work ethic, leadership and some elusive or illusory traits that make him "a winner".
Apomixis is an elusive, but potentially revolutionary, trait for plant breeding and hybrid seed production.
The genetic variants underlying complex traits are often elusive even in powerful model organisms such as Caenorhabditis elegans with controlled genetic backgrounds and environmental conditions.
Indeed, sleep complaints and insomnia are partly heritable (Watson et al., 2006; Boomsma et al., 2008), but specific vulnerability traits have remained elusive.
Another Casanovan trait: she is utterly elusive.
