"This is a bit vague," came the word.
Though he borrowed techniques of the nouvelle vague, "coming from a different culture, it was impossible for me to make movies like the French directors - interiorised and intimate".
And just to be clear, the version I've been testing is the "Surface with Windows RT" — not to be confused with the "Surface with Windows 8 Pro" which isn't out yet and no one seems sure when it will be out beyond the vague "coming soon".
"It's vaguely coming back," Ms. Sheehy said.
Even now, a year later, people I know vaguely come up to me and say they have read the piece, and that they were moved, or that they too have been bereaved.
A vague warning comes across.
For years, The Crisis gave out literary awards; then, Lewis explained, "at a date that is now vague, Du Bois came to think that the awards were being misused".
Although his appraisal of the pope's health was vague, it came just two days after the publication of a similarly pessimistic assessment by one of the highest-ranking officials at the Vatican.
Among other things, the Vietnamese government has agreed to protect intellectual property rights, to accept foreign investment cheerfully, and, as far as is possible for a Communist dictatorship, to introduce new economic and commercial transparency.Although many of these promises are vague, they come on the heels of several other, voluntary, reforms over the past year.
"In the trembling of a leaf," says Baudelaire, "in the color of a blade of grass, in the shape of clover, in the buzzing of a bee, in the sparkle of a drop of dew, in the sighing wind, in the vague fragrance coming out of the woods, an entire world of inspirations is produced, a magnificent and colorful parade of disorganized and rhapsodic thoughts".
The idea that easy communication between clinician and radiologist is in the interest of the patient and can prevent vague conclusions came up several times.
