"He just couldn't cut it . . ." Then he would leave the flat with the offending plant, and return an hour or so later with a large, empty flower pot, which he would leave somewhere conspicuously around the flat.

But one area conspicuously left out of the eruv is the Lower East Side.

He raised American concerns about China's suppression of dissent, but conspicuously left Hong Kong off his itinerary.

Conspicuously Leaving (Without Saying Goodbye)

That Sean does seem to have a serious drinking problem - most nights, he's too drunk to drive himself home - is a subject the film conspicuously leaves unaddressed.

Chinese millionaires, for example, are developing a list of what they might call the "Five Essentials": a Mercedes-Benz, a cellular telephone, a Rolex or Rado gold watch, a Western suit with the label (in a foreign language) left conspicuously on the sleeve - and now a bodyguard.

The report went on to say that in the middle of the meeting Chalabi had received a telephone call and left the room, giving the Iranians an opportunity to read a letter left conspicuously in the middle of his desk.

She became anorexic but resisted drinking the bottle of poison her jailers left conspicuously in her cell.

It's hard not to identify this Biennial with the Whitney as a whole, since the museum has once again committed every floor in the building to the show (conspicuously leaving no room for the permanent collection, despite all the pious talk at the museum about how much it prizes its collection).

The daily routines of most working class wives left conspicuously little time for leisure.