The space held out the promise that its occupant might summon up a film on the adjustable screen, fall asleep to the drone of the air-conditioning unit and wake up on the final descent to Chek Lap kok.
I am contemptuous of patches of retrograde air, air that is not crammed with all the information in the world, all of it sitting there patiently waiting for the few keystrokes that might summon it.
I am contemptuous of patches of retrograde air, air that is not crammed with all the information in the world, all of it sitting there patiently waiting for the few keystrokes that might summon it.
It goes beyond conscious thought to sensory memory and you can't predict what might summon it: a guitar riff, the smell of a hospital waiting room, the angle of the sun coming in the window beside the bed.
If the victim's body has noticeable bite marks on it, the forensic pathologist might summon a forensic dentist to photograph the injury.
It was hoped that Mandela's presence might summon the same kind of inspiring and galvanizing moment that occurred when South Africa won the 1995 rugby World Cup here, as dramatized in the movie "Invictus".
This summer in the same park, Carole King will perform her 1971 album Tapestry in full, and even if she doesn't hand out blinking bracelets or summon a raft of famous supermodel friends to the stage, it's hard not to hope that her performance might summon a similar level of rapture.
Is it a woman on a Roman street and the brittle history of her name might summon up six or seven films, several forgettable husbands?
Asked whether he might summon Tesco former chief executive, Philip Clarke, to appear before the business committee, Mr Bailey said: "It may well come to that".
Mr. Parham paused, as if his memory might summon the zipper man's name.
"Look," he said, with the same confidence he might summon while critiquing a blocking formation.
