In fact, it treats people not as individuals but as examples of any of about 250 consumer types, like soccer moms or "heavy sharers". Individuals are assigned to one of these groups in mere instants, Kline says.
Shot at a mansion in Ibiza, the Buddha statue scarcely figures at all, appearing in the corner of frames, out of focus, for mere instants (2 06 in the YouTube video).
At its core, Vine is about "rubbernecking" — distracting your attention for a mere instant with hopes for a payoff.
A half century is a mere instant in the history of the earth, but a long time in human reckoning -- long enough for the levees and canals ordered in 1948 to destroy half the Everglades.
By the end of Leisure Sports Players Club, in what seemed like in a mere instant, a blink of an eye, the crowd doubled, the visuals morphed, and Mr. Carmack walked on the stage.
But there are thousands of stories of people, who are neither wealthy nor famous, whose lives have been transformed, often in a mere instant, by the power of generosity.
Crying, I found in my research, is just one of a menu of communication blunders that, in a mere instant, can suck the executive presence right out of you.
[I]n a mere instant, the girl was on her side and back, sliding headfirst toward the cliff edge as her father yelled her name, which [police sergeant Dave] Bavencoff later said sounded like "Anna".
Although the warming of the planet over the last few decades may seem like a slow progression, it's a mere instant in Earth's history, and the environmental changes we're causing far outstrip the ability of life to adapt.
The mere instant (because weapons have infinite velocity) the person gets into your sights, light 'em up!
It lasted the merest instant, but it helped.
