Having stripped away all the clues that she usually provided to indicate how she wanted to be perceived, she was left with bare physical characteristics that read as male.
The world is far more than we perceive, she notes.
But she said that she perceived a growing interest in a more integrated approach, one that includes both Japanese and American principles.
But as Elizabeth gained confidence and the women "shared more time and platforms," she "spotted what she perceived to be gaps and... evasions, in Hazel's story".
Larson also made a point to recall an unhappier moment in her life, when she struggled with what she perceived to be sexism in her industry.
Dr. Rizzo herself concedes that she perceived the superintendents as what she called her clientele, in part because she and Dr. Crew had a role in appointing superintendents, and met with them weekly.
So fascinated was Ms. Kelso by the perfect posture she perceived in Brazilian Indians that she returned to Copenhagen to develop a shoe she hoped would improve the carriage of most of Western Europe.
"She abandoned the planks of the Republican Party platform to do whatever she perceived to be popular, and she grossly miscalculated the power we had to fight back," said Frank Antenori, a former Republican state senator from Tucson and one of the forces behind the initiative.
Didion emphasises the practical, moneymaking motive behind her early essays: "When I started writing pieces, it took me a year or two to understand what you could do with them, that it was as demanding in a way [as fiction]." As she perceived the possibilities, she worked on her prose and tone.
She perceived His allusion, and laughed.
