The situation in Washington is made all the more mysterious by the cocoon in which Mr Zoellick has enveloped himself.
In many countries in the region, adults watch nearly as much TV as do those in more mature markets such as Europe and the U.S. And the evidence from the U.S. suggests that if people are going to hunker down for more than the three or so hours a day they do now, they may choose to cocoon in front of their computers instead.
Unlike VR goggles like the Oculus Rift, putting on the Cast AR doesn't cocoon you in another world.
"It's almost like being in a cocoon, " says James Dahl, partner at hedge fund Rock Creek Capital.
All of this was bundled up in the cocoon of a bright-white ocean liner that provided a moving home base.
As apprehensive as this made me feel about dining out, it felt good to be back in the cocoon of my local stationhouse.
This is obvious to working (or unemployed) folks but much harder for those who live in a cocoon of economic and social privilege to grasp.
By his superhuman efforts, he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the same mechanical cocoon, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore.
Soon enough the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra took up Tchaikovsky and Sviridov, and in the safe cocoon of London the glitteratski smoked, spoke freely and loudly--and downed shot after shot of vodka.
Our kids live in this safe cocoon.
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The airline considered putting the couches across the four seats in the middle of the 777-300 coach cabin, but people in the tests preferred three seats on the side, where they felt less exposed and more like they were in a private cocoon.
Leon's phone call sets in motion a series of events that show David how, rather than being protected from the fears and anxieties of his daily existence by a prestigious City job, multiple maids and secretaries, and a peerless spouse, he has placed himself in a moneyed cocoon as insulating as a padded cell.
This is the first time that they're really dealing with the harsh realities of the world outside of this, you know, the K through 12 cocoon that they've been in their whole lives.
He has also been working in a new project entitled "Immersive Space" (Cocoon), which is developing new ways of interacting across the web and beyond in 3D.
This past September in Tokyo, Sony launched CoCoon, another Linux-based software that links online TV programming guides with viewers selected shows and entertainment tastes.
The lush and easy ways of Memphis play a part in the drama, with visits to Graceland, a church famed for its gospel choir, and a blues bar framing the new relationships in an alluring but unsustainable cocoon of cultural legend.
Hong Kong also sports the most convenient airport in Asia and the up-to-date tech zones Cyberport and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, though both have taken a while to catch on even as new hang-outs spring up in more central locations such as Cocoon.
Cocoon features a ported enclosure and a built-in, 2-way speaker system with dual-layer woofers for resounding low frequency response.
The lavish master bedroom and bath in your luxury junior suite is the perfect cocoon: comfortable, spacious and impeccably designed.
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Already available in Japan, Ando said Sony will start releasing Cocoon-branded products around the world this year.
It's as if Tavares, a 22-year-old center and the No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft, spent three years inside a dark cocoon before emerging as a fully formed superstar this season.
For many years, there was a debate about what health insurance should be a means of ensuring that a person can get care when he or she needs it, a cocoon that protects a person from any accountability for his or her health care decisions, or a backstop in the event of catastrophic health events.
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Cocoon is engineered to work seamlessly, providing users with easy access to all of today's popular music sources in a simple all-in-one system that is sure to change the way people think about their music.
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