Self-Management is the key to gain the elusive combination of powerful action and peaceful mind.

The concept of terroir - that elusive combination of the best soil and best location for grapes grown in it - was ignored by most winemakers here for more than a generation.

For a brief window in mid to late spring, however, weather conditions can converge in mountain spots to allow this elusive combination, and some resorts take advantage of it by holding annual ski-and-golf tournaments.

Ms. Lanciaux is persisting in her effort to ferret out the elusive combination of patrician style and adventurousness that could turn the brand around.

This elusive combination of attractiveness and chemistry is a quality that expands and changes as each new popular political leader creates his own form of charisma.

Bedding stores are full of heavy-eyed people gingerly bouncing on the mattresses, or lying down stiffly like corpses, searching for that elusive combination of healthy hardness and luxurious softness.

The unreliable Channel weather made this an elusive combination.

The orchestra's ability to achieve this elusive combination made an immediate impact, as did the gleaming solidity of its brass and the unity of its woodwind ensemble.

I thought terroir, that elusive combination of sun, soil and weather that produces great wines, was holding them back.

At the heart of his vision, however, there is an elusive combination of boldness and humility.