This week, I also called in at a conference which at first sight was a bit high brow, but turned out be fascinating.
At the airport check-in counter, a clerk brightened at the sight of my American passport.
But he clearly successfully hid from sight, at least our sight, for a very long time.
His eyes were sparkling at the sight of a cacophony of wild life in Africa.
At first sight, a visitor to Suzhou might be tempted to believe Mr Lee's charge of municipal favouritism.
Lord Woolman said that was enough to provide Lisini with, at first sight, a case under European Union functioning treaty provisions.
Bill even brought a few of his aging OSS buddies on board, and the contrast between them and everyone else at the agency was a sight to behold.
At first sight, a photo of emaciated children in developing countries alongside obese people in the West might seem like an apt way to illustrate the massive gap between the rich and the poor.
Women smoking cigars is a common sight at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day.
At first sight that is a bargain, because it would save German taxpayers from an open-ended commitment to Greece.
We took in 360 degrees of unobstructed views - the five boroughs, the bridges and rivers, the ocean, even downtown (a sight denied at the top of Rockefeller Center, blocked by Empire).
As Thursday's practice neared its end, several Rangers took over one half of the ice for a series of breakaway drills, a common sight at the conclusion of the team's workouts.
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Campaigners also want to see people given more education about how to manage money which might help flag up the pitfalls of what at first sight seems like a straight forward way to get yourself some fast cash.
Texan boots and cowboy hats are a frequent sight at the local airport, but few take the Texan theme as far as Sir Moir: he lives on a ranch in the rolling countryside near the queen's Scottish seat of Balmoral, breeding Aberdeen Angus cattle.
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"You can't get to a place today where for the first time the proposals are being unveiled at a public meeting and no one has had sight of them, save on the front of a newspaper, " she said.
Then, from around a corner appeared an incongruous sight: wedged at the end of the gravel road was a gleaming new train station.
This is further helped by their terrain, which at first sight appears to be a tangled mass of mountains and hills running irregularly in all directions, but is actually hemmed in by well defined ranges on the outer periphery that make penetration of the area difficult.
Right on half-time, home striker Steven Naismith was given a clear sight of goal a few yards out but tentatively poked at the ball, allowing Boruc to save.
From the 2003 through the 2010 season the playoff field consisted of eight teams, with the conference semifinals played on just such a two-legged aggregate goal format, the conference finals a single game at the home of the higher seed, and MLS Cup hosted at a pre-determined often-neutral sight regardless of who was in the final.
Google's move on Motorola and its warehouse of patents appeared bold at first sight, offering the prospect of a more integrated Android ecosystem.
But it is odd, at first sight, that genetic modification in a laboratory should weaken a plant any more than traditional breeding methods do.
But luckily for patients and drug companies alike, the data supporting a link between the impotence drug and a loss of sight are weak at best.
"Seeing an armed officer with a federal badge as you go through the checkpoint is going to be a familiar sight, if not at every airport, then at most, " an administration official involved in the deliberations said.
In the air, planes will actually be nearer to the orbiting device, rather than farther away, and assuming a line-of-sight link from the road, the truck can work out kinks at a fraction of the cost.
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Grown men were seen weeping openly at the very sight of another tuna sandwich or a dainty Japanese chocolate.
At first sight, Audojo's prototype looks a little clunky since it adds quite a bit of bulk to the iPad's figure.
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The team said in a statement that fellow crew members were the only other people on board the yacht Iroquois, which was at Rowes Wharf near the financial district and is a sight familiar to Bostonians.
But a high-ranking source in the NU says that Wahid is not lost at sea and in fact has a destination clearly in sight: he is trying to unite Muslim-led parties as a counterweight to Megawati.
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