More intriguing is the Mag Surf, developed by people in white coats with pockets ostentatiously festooned with pens, which is based on excitingly Back to the Future-type things such as superconductors, and flux tubes.
If the measure of success is whether Syria undertakes an unambiguous strategic realignment, what to make of a regime that simultaneously intensifies arms shipments to Hezbollah, normalizes diplomatic relations with Lebanon, ostentatiously proclaims its alliance with Tehran, and opposes Iranian objectives in Yemen and Iraq?
Cliff Lee did not turn his free-agent sweepstakes into reality television, the way LeBron James did in July with his ostentatiously produced drama that culminated with the announcement of the Decision on ESPN.
In major public areas of cities, the police presence has been especially conspicuous, with weapons ostentatiously displayed.
She attributes this lapse in part to the need to compete with the ostentatiously gung-ho Fox in a more important war -- for ratings.
The militaries of many nations harness mass media and pop culture for promotional purposes: the United States coöperates with Hollywood Russiaa ostentatiously unveils a three-tiered "war center" seemingly modelled on a Bond villain's lair.
The reserved, minimalist décor certainly wasn't distracting, but deviated from the restaurants of Ms. Sedefdjian's contemporaries who aim to replace the stuffiness of higher-end restaurants with an ostentatiously cool setting.
Stories abound of them walking into meetings with senior ministers, discarding the niceties of a polite greeting, and shouting straightaway, "So, what have you achieved, then?" Young bureaucrats from Brussels lead meetings with ministers ostentatiously giving scant attention to the oral reports offered to them, as they turn sideways and play with their BlackBerrys.
In this vein, CNN's Christiane Amanpour recently criticized the wartime press, her own network included, for muzzling itself during the war in Iraq and not asking "enough questions, for instance, about weapons of mass destruction". She attributes this lapse in part to the need to compete with the ostentatiously gung-ho Fox in a more important war -- for ratings.
