But a focus on money, to the exclusion of substance and human relationships, he said, will ultimately fail, perhaps spectacularly.
The Parthenon-like and perhaps spectacularly luxurious colonnaded rooftop outdoor lounging facility of Larry Flynt's Hustler Club, at Fifty-first and Twelfth.
But senators from both parties also expressed deep concern about the possibility that the diplomacy could fail, perhaps spectacularly, and that Mr. Obama's actions over the past two weeks had strengthened the credibility of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the expense of America's reputation around the world.
The result was actual interventions in Syria and Naples and, perhaps most spectacularly, Greece.
Perhaps most spectacularly, he was the jubilant incarnation of old-time showbiz crookery, Max Bialystock, in the Mel Brooks musical "The Producers".
There have been hits — Bartlett Sher's "Barbiere di Siviglia" and Richard Eyre's "Carmen," to name two — and there have been flops, perhaps most spectacularly Robert Lepage's "Ring" cycle, which made its debut last season to resoundingly negative reviews.
Perhaps most spectacularly, agency of adventure and play Coney has teamed up with scientists who study synaesthesia to produce a game exploring this condition, in which the senses are blended.
There have been several transcendent performances at these Olympics, including, perhaps most spectacularly, the astonishing world record set by Wayde van Niekerk, of South Africa, who ran the four hundred metres in 43.03 seconds.
Perhaps most spectacularly, several funds led a campaign that persuaded holders of 43percentt of Walt Disney shares to withhold their votes for the re-election to the board of Michael D. Eisner.
Controversies over transvaginal ultrasound, birth control, Mr. Ryan's strict anti-abortion views and, perhaps most spectacularly, the notion of "legitimate rape" put forward by Representative Todd Akin, the Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri, indicate that cultural issues remain front and center.
Any of these sightings would be enough to make the holiday, yet by the end of the five days we will be sated with once-in-a-lifetime experiences: the candlelit dinner on our veranda as the hippos wallow in the river beneath us; the vast Victorian bath in the tent; the barbecued lobster eaten with sand between our toes on Lamu; and, perhaps most spectacularly, the hot air ballooning.
