The line-up of outs is essentially a gallery of mavericks, self-promoters, lone wolves and fantasists from the right, with a smattering of those types from elsewhere.
Their fans include a majority of kids who identify with the music and its cocky alienation, and a smattering of preppie types in buttoned-down shirts, out for an evening's slumming.
They apparently, and bizarrely, include Hazel Blears, Jim Bowen and David Brent, plus a smattering of other media types, girlband members and stand-up comedians.
A model sailboat is at center stage, while vintage photographs from the 1920's and 30's, featuring yachtsmen and their boats along with a smattering of other sporting types, ring the room.
However, distinctive forbidden diffraction spots of (odd, odd, even) type were observed on the selected area electron diffraction patterns of the film.
"Now we have mechanical, electrical, structural… I chose civil because it's the broadest and gives you a smattering of all the other types of engineering".
That would explain the rest of the board, which is mostly a cross section of Oxbridge alumni now involved in the corporate management of universities or the business of education, and with a smattering of straight-up business types.
Over the course of 30 minutes, our conversation played out much like an instant-message chat I might have with friends: lots of text, a smattering of emoticons and furious typing, all without capitalization.
Other rooms were similarly bare, with just a smattering of furniture or the odd personal effect.
How can I make him see that I need a smattering of affection and the odd compliment?
Their male counterparts included a handful of ski-cap-clad downtowners, a smattering of buttoned-up big-money types, European arrivistes and Stephen Baldwin.
