His relationship with his wife Ann, the former Lady Rothermere, was in difficulties, provoked in part by their unconcealed infidelities but also by the tendency of Ann's circle of literary friends, who included Evelyn Waugh, to look down on a mere writer of spy thrillers, their disdain almost certainly exacerbated by his commercial success.
Versus those who see him as just another Chicago pol engaged in mere horse trading, spied upon by an overzealous federal prosecutor through the surreptitious taping of his phone conversations, the entirety of which have yet to be made public.
Bond was no mere sodden, low-profile spy.
Security expert Matt Tait, a former British intelligence officer, said it was unclear whether the hackers were spies or mere criminals, though he suspected Marriott was a victim of a nation-state attack because the access lasted for so long without triggering suspicion.
Few haircuts could be described as "intentionally unconventional," and I spied a mere two tie-dyed garments.
Few haircuts could be described as "intentionally unconventional" and I spied a mere two tie-dyed garments.
When solid state hard-drives capacious enough to hold every song ever recorded can be had for a fiver at the corner shop (a mere few years from now), spying on networks will simply not suffice as a means of containing copying.
But under Section 702, the FBI could scour its databases for communications by Trump campaign officials (or any other American) based on a mere anonymous tip from former British spy Christopher Steele (or anyone else).
Our exchange reeked of geopolitical illicitness; we were mere kilometres from the Bridge of Spies, where, during the Cold War, prisoners were traded.
The takeaway is a simple one: when the former K.G.B. spy turned President of Russia decides to bring back the national symbols of the Soviet Union a mere decade after its collapse, you should pay attention.
