(John Edwards, ever the conspicuous consumer, has one of each).
Something strange - not new, but ever more conspicuous - haunts the cultural landscape.
Nothing has prepared them for the arrival of the hard, uninviting and inhospitable new world of downgrading of results, devaluation of earned value, volatility of jobs and stubbornness of joblessness, transience of prospects and durability of defeats, stillborn projects and frustrated hopes and chances ever more conspicuous by their absence.
HAS a writer ever had more conspicuous fun with his own biographical squib than Christopher Buckley?
But in just a few months, locks of all sizes and colors reappeared, more conspicuous than ever.
(The gap between aesthetically advanced young critics and op-ed think-piecers is even more conspicuous than ever).
But this year, the display of wealth has been more conspicuous than ever, especially the cars, and it has drawn mixed reviews.
Two weeks later, European security experts say the flaws in the continent's defenses are as conspicuous as ever, with no clear plan for fixing them.
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Jonathan Byrd carries a Bible verse in his back pocket, in his yardage book, but would he ever consider a more conspicuous display of his faith after a round, like dropping on his knees and praying a la Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow?
So when he criticises Rupert Murdoch, he calls him "the devil"; when he falls out with his record company, he goes on strike; and when he finally tells the world about his sexuality in 1998, it is via a public toilet, humiliating arrest and the most conspicuous outing ever.
