Whether this should be a considered a flaw or a touch of rugged authenticity is open to interpretation.
For travelers in search of a Hill Country destination that is a bit less touristy and a touch more rugged (read: authentic), visit Kerrville, a small city of roughly 22,000 residents on Interstate 10 an hour northwest of San Antonio.
Writing in The New York Times nearly 30 years afterward, when the film was re-released for a brief run, Vincent Canby called it "a gaudy, grandiloquent Hollywood classic" and suggested there was more than a touch of "the rugged American frontiersman of myth" in Mr. Heston's Moses.
The hikers had come from all over California, looking for a physical challenge, some scenery, fresh air and, perhaps, a touch of adventure on the rugged slopes of the eastern High Sierra.
Hans was already known within his sphere as a pioneer in diving technology and undersea photography; now audiences and critics became captivated by the photogenic couple, who brought a touch of glamour to the hitherto rugged and emotionally distant world of the adventurer.
They cut the sweetness of pink streaking to orange and pale blue, while raw edges to long coats and oversized, almost rugged, knits also added a touch of cool.
Burke has a rugged air to her, but not without a touch of grace.
But where Mr. Gilbert could slim down his songs a touch, Mr. Church has been building bulk, each of his albums more rugged than the one before it.
The look represents the vision nationalists have of the Basques – a rugged, self-reliant and restive mountain people – but with a touch of international, anti-globalisation, internationalist solidarity, all the while remaining solidly proletarian.
Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, and Kool Moe Dee lend "Downtown" a touch of old-school joy, while KRS-One and DJ Premier bring a rugged credibility to the rags-to-riches dreams of "Buckshot".
