According to Abu-Lughod, western imperialism superimposed itself on these older circuits without obliterating them.
How do you create a lively atmosphere without obliterating the possibility of an intimate meal?
Ritchie Coster gives a transcendent performance as Astrov, bringing Chekhov into the 21st century without obliterating the 19th.
It was thin and a little chewy, but had just enough blackening to make it appealing without obliterating its minerally beef flavor.
He began to evolve a personal style that gave a boppish edge to the four-square sound of swing drumming, without obliterating the subtle "talking" sonorities of drums.
At the fringes, in Hackney Wick, there is the prospect of enhancing the area without obliterating its existing qualities, which is a trick rarely pulled off.
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The opening-night show on Monday began with Mr. Charlap's instrumental rendition with the bassist Peter Washington of "If I Loved You," which he subtly toughened up with jazz harmonies and curt, sharply edged passages without obliterating its romanticism.
"American boxwood, not English; it's hardier and less prone to disease," said Mr. Hartlage, who likes screens of plants that offer privacy without obliterating the view of neighboring rooftops.
At times it seems that the filmmakers aren't just rooting the movie in reality (an already curious ambition for an opera) but trying to see how much dirt they can throw on their source without obliterating its allure.
The majority decision, written by Chief Judge Joel F. Dubina and Judge Hull, said, "We have not found any generally applicable, judicially enforceable limiting principle that would permit us to uphold the mandate without obliterating the boundaries inherent in the system of enumerated Congressional powers".
