Black townships, even the most densely populated, are conspicuous for their lack of commercial buzz.
Given his position and our topic of conversation -- Google's Project Glass -- he was conspicuous for wearing no eyewear whatsoever.
These trends, of banks in the vulnerable economies finding it increasingly hard to hang on to deposits and increasingly hard to borrow, have been conspicuous for months.
When they are together, he displays a conspicuous affection for her.
Miller, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
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Kapaun, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the all of duty.
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Something that is not just purchased for the way it works, looks or feels, but which provides us with the opportunity for conspicuous consumption at the same time.
Kapaun, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry.
This is because the NFL Draft is a projection of how a player will perform over his next ten years, not a merit badge issued for conspicuous college performance.
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Version 3.2 isn't as dramatic a makeover, but it does offer tangible improvements over 3.1 that include the Android version's faster media access and fixes for conspicuous PlexSync bugs.
The draft however, is not a merit badge handed out for conspicuous college performance, it is a projection as to how a player will perform over the next ten years.
This afternoon in the East Room of the White House, the President presented the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Army -- the first living servicemember from the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to receive it.
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People are looking for bargains and appear to be less interested in conspicuous consumption as a source for personal gratification.
Filmmakers Nanette Burstein and Morgen make no apologies for their conspicuous lack of detachment.
His first wife, Eva, famous for her conspicuous consumption and populist flair, died of it at age 33.
For "conspicuous gallantry ... at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, " Romesha, 31, received the honor at an emotional ceremony lightened by his rambunctious toddler son.
The fact that Palladio's drawings still exist may well be due to the English passion for collecting all things Greek and Roman or of later, classical inspiration and carting them back home (the contested Elgin marbles, for one conspicuous example).
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When Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, called Mrs Albright's bluff, Mr Clinton's support for her was conspicuous by its absence.
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Some of the people who helped to make the games such a success were recognised, including Lord Coe, who becomes a Companion of Honour, a special honour given for service of conspicuous national importance and limited to 65 people at any one time.
Economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen took a crack at it in The Theory of the Leisure Class, the 1899 classic that wryly posited the theory of "conspicuous consumption, " his phrase for keeping up with the Joneses.
In fact, they have remained surprisingly conspicuous, becoming a kind of secular scripture for the aid fraternity.
In China, diamonds conjure up a sense of eternity, whereas for Indians they are associated with conspicuous wealth.
Evernote acquired the Penultimate app for iPad last year with the conspicuous goal of making handwritten notes as easy to synchronize as to-do lists and snippets from the web.
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You will be required to post a notice for 10 business days in a conspicuous place at the job site listing the offered wage and your intention to hire a H-1B worker.
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My train is chugging up the snow-carpeted mountain to the Alpine resort of Davos, once a refuge for consumptives and now, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, home-from-home for the world's more conspicuous consumers (bankers, hedge fund managers, private-equity stars, inter alia).
Mr Major, who preaches the equal opportunities for which his own life is a conspicuous advertisement, has far to go if ever he is to impose that vision on a deeply conservative country.
Mini-HDMI output is becoming the norm for tablets, and its absence here is conspicuous and decidedly old-school.
Most conspicuous among the casualties has been commercial real estate, which is selling for, on average, one-fifth of its peak value.
The imminent rise in power prices, which are almost impossible for households to avoid, will leave even less money left over for spending on non-essential items, augmenting retailers' conspicuous woes.
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