Sentence examples for policy of conspicuous from inspiring English sources

So one goal of the administration's new policy of conspicuous engagement with the Russians is to persuade a skeptical Europe, as well as the lawmakers in Washington who control the purse strings for the Pentagon's missile defense program, that American-Russian relations are on a firm footing, and that the development of an antimissile shield will not lead to a new cold war.

Scan the platforms of the major parties and drug policy is conspicuous for its absence.

They offer up the glimmering image of a thing as an object of conspicuous social consumption instead of a serious-minded attempt to comprehend and tackle policy problems.

Conspicuous destruction is a form of conspicuous consumption.

"It's a form of conspicuous consumption".

There's an awareness of conspicuous consumption".

Call it the thrill of conspicuous rejection.

"The caricature is of conspicuous consumption, yachts and jets, but for the super-rich the real status symbol is having a voice, having an impact on public policy, and in that sense Sheldon is characteristic of his class".

Look down at the magnificent compression of conspicuous consumption.

The Christmas feast becomes a parody of conspicuous consumption.

The Escalade, by contrast, was a showpiece of conspicuous consumption.