But at times, it's hard to know what elements of the story are more important — Horace's regret over never fighting in a war, or the fact that a minor figure named Phil Buzkol "actually had three nicknames, but he was customarily called 'McGarrett' "? (Fortunately for the reader and the story, it's the regret).
For some songs on the "Hard Times" album, he's drawn on his life not as a punk roaming the streets but as a husband, and a father of two teenagers — not topics he's customarily addressed.
He sleeps on the bus, and he doesn't drink; his main indulgence is coffee, which is customarily prepared by Ben Sesar, his drummer.
Mr. Blix, 82, is customarily courtly, in the way of the Cambridge-educated international lawyer he was before he became Sweden's foreign minister in the late 1970s.
He never suggested that the sunflower had any religious meaning for him, though it is customarily associated with humanity's love of God, or Christ.
"Cambodia after Angkor is customarily understood in terms of loss, retreat and absence; a dark age," he said.
Baron is customarily dressed in a business jacket, a top hat and dark glasses; he's foul-mouthed and comic in a low, vicious way.
He achieved many incontestable successes through diplomacy, although his ability in this area was definitely less than is customarily asserted.
Mark Wallinger's Diana is customarily wonderful.
Doing so is customarily his first move.
