Yet Ms. Freni, who seems innocent of prima-donna airs, was thinking less of farewells than beginnings.
But the young adults in today's board game vanguard are thinking less about sociology than how physical games compare with their electronic counterparts.
Distant fires and explosions can be seen through windows in some paintings, and the antique radio featured in "War News" implies that the artist is thinking less about Iraq than about the war that was going on during his boyhood in the 1940's.
He was thinking less of Dick Cheney than of Lyndon Johnson: "Kennedy makes him Vice-President, and he's sitting there, going, 'Is anything happening today?
They leave the impression, in some cases, that the writers were thinking less about spiritual enlightenment than a hefty publishing deal: Gilbert's expedition was funded by a $200,000 advance.
When Hughes finished the race, she was thinking less about the ice than about the cheers, and later she put into words what many Olympians have undoubtedly felt in the last two weeks: "I thought this moment will last in my heart forever, and it's a beautiful moment to experience".
The prime one is that the sensational nature of the action overcomes the social anger that drives it: Bartlett is clearly appalled at what these homeless young people have to do to survive, but you come out thinking less about the housing crisis than about the use of theatre as a sophisticated killing game.
Most who see it here will likely come away thinking less about that era's radicalism than about parallels with Islamist terrorists today.
Written at a time when Mr. Obama says he was thinking less about a career in politics than about simply writing a good book, it leaves an impression of candidness and authenticity that gives it much of its power.
The back-and-forth over money matters came as a New York Times/CBS News poll showed that most voters are thinking less about candidates' detailed fiscal calculations than about how nice they seem.
