It began with a mistake in her obituary – one tiny loose string that, when pulled, unravelled Nin's entire persona.
Or then there's the outro to " '93 'til Infinity," by Oakland's Souls of Mischief, where cohorts are all checked off one by one as "chillin' " — a tiny and loose part of the track, by appearance fairly spontaneous, yet the classic wouldn't have the same life without it.
"The argument," said Lennon, "is to take this experience seriously and to accord it respect, to push you into a close enough encounter with human beings engaged in something that matters a great deal to them, and to have that experience be intense enough that it shakes your certainties a tiny bit loose.
We call these oil trains "bomb trains" because we know, with one tiny loose bolt, they can erupt into an inferno, scorching everything for miles.
It's annoying though to have tiny loose papers hanging around.
If you want to take this one step further, a slight tilt of the head to the left or the right additionally sends a more relaxed, casual vibe, as if you are letting loose a tiny bit instead of holding your head straight and stiff.
The other day, one of the planes loosed a tiny parachute, which came fluttering down into the shrubbery nearby.
It's hard to argue with that statement: After Miramax cut him loose and a tiny distributor managed a feeble theatrical release, the first "Boondock Saints" went on to substantial DVD sales in seven different incarnations.
Oh, and how do you repeat the steps when it gets loose in a tiny rental car? .
An amuse-bouche of foie-gras chantilly turns its stodgy components loose: served in a tiny bowl and layered like a sundae, it is light, heavy, springy, and crunchy all at once.
Eventually, though, a neighbor peered through a tiny slit, discovered him and managed to pry him loose.
