The mere mention of its name in print transports readers to a place of beautiful princesses, fast cars, and gilt-drenched casinos where James Bond may be found contemplating the baccarat cards.
More research conducted at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium found contemplating the sea creatures helped with anxiety.
And in all sorts of once-comfortable places, people find themselves contemplating things they never contemplated before.
So he was a little surprised to find himself contemplating an ambitious history of socialist and communist thought, from the French Revolution to the Russian Revolution.
How did the President of the United States find himself contemplating nuclear assault against the Soviet Union on behalf of Mao Zedong's China while still embroiled in Vietnam?
It's unusual to find oneself contemplating the psychological complexities of a bag, but Melody's rucksack – at once a bit sinister yet goofily sentimental – has genuine depth.
Depending on which direction you walk in, you may find yourself contemplating African textiles, a wall of oral history recordings, a moped, or the original founder's collection of popular pottery.
Tantrums and sleepless nights have been superseded by teenagehood's slow prising-apart: time alone, once desirable, is now alarming; and the parents, Adam and Emma, find themselves contemplating their impending obsolescence with dismay.
