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Miss Lucy noun

— Chrysoblephus gibbiceps, a species of sea bream in South Africa.

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To call these people's ostentatious displays of extravagance wasteful is to miss the point: a world of glittering dreams that must remain entirely beyond our grasp is precisely what many people want to see.

Unwilling to discriminate between parties, Miss Bardot later kissed our president, Ion Iliescu.

I doubt, however, that celebrities like Miss Bardot will ever recognize the absurdity of their misplaced priorities - to come to a country where millions live in despair and dire conditions, and show concern for only the wild dogs.

But it is clear to me that this moment in Myanmar's history represents a real opportunity for permanent change - an opportunity that the international community must not miss.

When financial markets concentrate on the fiscal health of the federal government, they miss the extent of government obligations as a whole.

Undoubtedly, at the forthcoming summit between the leaders of the two countries, India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will not miss any opportunity to ask the same question of his Pakistani counterpart.

But those who wait until the disruptions are unavoidable - easy to do when governments do not mount a timely response - will miss out on the huge advantages that technology offers.

Because of the crisis, many African countries are likely to miss the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goal of poverty reduction.

Whenever you are about to miss a target, just move the deadline.

Failure to recognize their impact implies that export - and, in turn, growth - projections will continue to miss the mark.

Some countries, like the United States and Australia, chose to opt out of its stringent demands; others, like Canada, Japan, and a raft of European states, pay lip service to its requirements but will essentially miss its targets.

But a member's exit would still indicate that the eurozone's integrity is not guaranteed - a message that the markets are unlikely to miss.

Most people who couldn't possibly afford such a vacation home probably don't miss it.

Investors may respond emotionally, but they are unlikely to let their anger cause them to miss what appears to be a substantive increase in value.

But these complaints miss the point.

That will demand effort and commitment; given that a stable international order increasingly depends on a prosperous and growing Africa, it is a goal that the world cannot afford to miss.

How many children will miss out on education because teachers are absent due to low wages, or simply because poor children must work to supplement their family income?

At home and abroad, it is impossible to miss the breadth and depth of change sweeping the globe, particularly in Asia.

But to call T3 a success for socialism and T5 a failure of capitalism would be to miss a fundamental point.

Exploration is proceeding only hesitantly and shale-gas production has not even started, prompting many observers to lament that Europe is about to miss the next energy revolution.

Critics of Europe's apparent lack of enthusiasm for fracking miss two key points.

But pro-fracking critics of the European Union miss a second point: the EU has no authority over the development of shale gas in Europe.

But we need this wall to tumble if we do not want to miss today's revolution, which is delivering societies based on knowledge, technology, and information.

Observers in the West, focused largely on the slowdown of headline GDP growth, continue to miss this key point.

Yet, despite the harsh rhetoric, when Miss Bardot and Mayor Basescu met, they parted with a kiss.

The talks being held now are an opportunity that neither side can afford to miss.

There is a very real danger that Europe will simply miss out on an historic strategic turn towards a multipolar world - and at a high price.

This is one reason why Putin was one of the few leading heads of state to miss attending Pope John Paul's funeral.

It is thus hardly surprising that commentaries about avian flu often miss the mark.