The second trend: burned by the often vague schemes that passed for breakthrough thinking in the late 1990s, venture capitalists, in particular, have become far more selective, often insisting that the companies they back have significant, patented inventions that will shield their investments from competition.
Republicans jammed together a mess of old, failed and vague schemes and called it a jobs bill.
Those details, combined with the vague outline provided by Griffin, show a scheme that is very similar to classic criminal protection rackets.
As for those people Iraqis respect more than vague governmental schemes, we were too enthralled by American pets like Mr. Chalabi to recognize the importance (and political usefulness) of the most respected Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Never Forget's closing scene, in which a child choir appears on stage to make sure the saccharine content doesn't dip beneath the required EU standard, sees goodies rewarded, baddies remanded and those in between reflecting on life's harsh lessons in a vaguely Shakespearean scheme.
To camouflage this pile of dirt, as well as to underhandedly pave the way for asking additional $2.5 trillion of public money for Wall Street's zombie banks, was bound to make the "private-public" partnership scheme vague and unpersuasive.
Rowan had got into a better-than-expected college Pam was surprised and pleased its Web site a well-designed labyrinth of photographs and italicized quotes in a vaguely corporate color scheme.
Many details of the scheme remain vague: for example, who the unit would report to.
Congress, we have held, does not alter the fundamental details of a regulatory scheme in vague terms or ancillary provisions it does not, one might say, hide elephants in mouseholes.
Congress, we have held, does not alter the fundamental details of a regulatory scheme in vague terms or ancillary provisionsit does not, one might say, hide elephants in mouseholes.
