But I looked in vain for the people and groups that were expressing that new politics (instead of merely bits and pieces of it)".
The real revelation in Ms. de Kooning's article, "Vicente Paints a Collage," however, is that Vicente began his collages with charcoal drawings rather than merely arranging bits of cut or torn paper.
Where they once regarded themselves as the centre of the world, they now realise they are merely bit-players, utterly dispensable and already halfway towards the exit door.
But is this brain drain real, or merely a bit of self-justification?
Procrastination and I are curled up on the sofa, the television is on, but we are not watching it, it is merely a bit of background noise as we get stuck into a book.
I'd be being dishonest if I said that I regard ghost stories as merely a bit of fun, however.
However, Campbell's views on our current democratic process are merely a bit of philosophical top dressing on what is essentially a potboiler.
In fact, in its earliest incarnation, Europe was merely that bit of land on the continent that the Persians had to cross to get from the Hellespont [6] to Greece proper.
There are some who put it down to his moustache, as if it is akin to the philosopher's stone rather than merely a bit of comedy facial hair that he is now destined to keep.
This means that its planes, at least during that period, probably were safer than average even if the initial advantage was merely a bit of statistical good fortune, because the value of its ability to claim a perfect record rose the longer it lasted, and so gave the airline continuous incentives to incur greater costs in safety assurance.
