This standard view of development as a teleonomic (seemingly goal-directed; Mayr [1974]) process stands in stark contrast to the accepted view of evolution as non-programmatic, with no obvious end in sight.
Due to a loss of the muscular atonia that accompanies REM sleep in healthy subjects, these patients show complex, seemingly goal-directed behaviors such as running or fighting off an attacker during REM sleep.
Everton's triumph could have been greater if referee Kevin Friend had awarded a penalty when Ashley Williams's arm blocked a seemingly goal-bound shot from substitute Magaye Gueye in the first half.
Viewers watch animations depicting two triangles that move randomly with respect to one another (random displays), in a seemingly goal-directed way (e.g., one triangle "following" the other; goal-directed displays), or in ways that typical viewers tend to describe using mental state words (e.g., one triangle "coaxing" the other; theory of mind displays).
They fought back from a two-goal second-period deficit, then from Desjardins's seemingly crushing goal.
But even that seemingly modest goal may be a reach.
His declared intention is to be an egoless conductor, a seemingly implausible goal in a profession not known for self-effacement, and perhaps an undesirable one.
With this seemingly unobjectionable goal, Thomas Perez, America's secretary of labour, this week unveiled a proposal to strengthen the responsibilities of those helping Americans save for retirement.
It took two major theater luminaries four years to achieve the seemingly modest goal of mounting five classical productions with mixed American and British casts.
Better to be autonomous in a Soviet Union where glasnost and perestroika (openness and reform) were ascendant than to aim for the seemingly impossible goal of restoring full statehood.
A sweeping new federal law has a seemingly simple goal — curbing offshore tax evasion by Americans through foreign banks, trusts and shell companies.
